13.4% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wimbledon Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wimbledon Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Wimbledon Heights, where 16.3% of people provide this support. While volunteering levels are typical for the region, residents spend significantly more time on home and care duties than those in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is steady in Wimbledon Heights at 13.4%, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.5% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is seen in the 16.3% of residents who provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas, though the 23% who care for children is well below the state average.
16.3% ▲ +73.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the Victorian average.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Wimbledon Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22801/wimbledon-heights/topic/community