15.0% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wonthaggi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wonthaggi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 14.8% of people in Wonthaggi provide unpaid care for others. This community shows a strong commitment to looking after others, while also having a larger proportion of Defence Force veterans than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas but still a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 18.1% of people care for children unpaid—well below the national figure of 26.3%—more people provide general unpaid care and do housework than in most other areas.
14.8% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.1% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 similar areas, with 3.6% of the population having served, which is a little above the 2% seen across Victoria.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Wonthaggi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22829/wonthaggi/topic/community