10.0% ▼ -47.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wildwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wildwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Wildwood than in most other areas, with only 10% of residents giving their time. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%. While community volunteering is low, the area has a higher own rate of former Defence Force members than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of people in Wildwood volunteer, which is well below both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.1% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national average. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are well above the national figure at 23.7%.
12.1% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.7% of people having served, which is a little above the 2% seen across Victoria.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Wildwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22784/wildwood/topic/community