43.5% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whoorel · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whoorel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 43% of people in Whoorel volunteer their time, a rate that far exceeds both the state and national figures. This high level of community spirit is paired with a significant number of residents providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 43.5% of the community volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.4% of people providing care and 43.5% doing more than 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the Victorian average, though only 13% provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the state figure.
17.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
43.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Whoorel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22776/whoorel/topic/community