11.3% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whittlesea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whittlesea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Whittlesea than in most other areas. While 14.5% of residents provide unpaid care, only 11.3% of the population spends time volunteering, which is much lower than most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.3% of people in Whittlesea volunteer, a figure that is a little below the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of people providing care and 28% looking after children unpaid, both of which are higher than most areas. This includes 21.6% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.
14.5% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 2.6% of people have served in the Defence Force, a result that is around the middle for its level and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Whittlesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22775/whittlesea/topic/community