14.8% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wodonga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wodonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Wodonga provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most similar areas. This community is marked by a strong commitment to supporting others through care and a notably high number of former and current defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above the Victorian average of 13.3% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.6% of people providing care and 27.6% looking after children, both of which are higher than in most other areas. Meanwhile, 21.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week.
14.6% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 much more common in Wodonga than in most other areas. At 6.3%, the share of people who served is well above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and the national average of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22819/wodonga/topic/community