29.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wombat Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wombat Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people volunteer in Wombat Creek, a figure far above the national average. This highlights a strong culture of community contribution in a place where residents are much more likely to give their time than those in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.2% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% figure for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure, far fewer look after children (16.7%). Notably, no one reported doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 residents in Wombat Creek have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
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 Wombat Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22821/wombat-creek/topic/community