8.1% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whittington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whittington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Whittington participate in community activities compared to similar areas. Only 8.1% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of engagement extends to unpaid care and housework, where figures are much lower than in most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 8.1% of people helping out. This is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% average for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much fewer people provide unpaid care for children (19.0%) and do heavy housework (17.9%) than in most areas. However, the 13.1% of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the Victorian figure.
13.1% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as both the state and national figures.
2.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Whittington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22774/whittington/topic/community