25.9% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whorouly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whorouly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher rate of volunteering than the state average defines Whorouly, where 25.9% of people give their time to help others. This strong community spirit is paired with a high level of unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here; at 25.9%, the figure is far above the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care here than in most areas, with 16.6% doing so. This includes 27.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%, though those caring for children unpaid are well below the national average at 22.8%.
16.6% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
Defence service is less common than in most areas, with 1.9% of people having served. This is about the same as the Victoria and Australia figures.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Whorouly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22777/whorouly/topic/community