23.3% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wonga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement and unpaid work mark Wonga compared to similar areas. This is a place where people give a lot of their time to others, with 27.9% providing unpaid care and 12.8% having served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.3% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high in Wonga, as 27.9% of people provide care and 37.2% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figures. This contrasts with child care, as the 23.3% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
27.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.2% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 37.2%
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.
Service to the country is especially high here, with 12.8% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is far above the 2% seen in Victoria and 2.8% across Australia.
12.8%
Higher 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 Wonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22824/wonga/topic/community