24.3% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wonyip · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wonyip
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people get involved in their community in Wonyip than in most similar areas. Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, and there is a very high rate of people providing unpaid care for others. This spirit of service extends to the military, with a notably high number of former Defence Force members living here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Wonyip, where 24.3% of people give their time. This is far 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 a major part of life here, with 29.7% of people providing care and 45.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both figures are far above the national average. However, the 13.5% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
29.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.5% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
45.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 45.9%
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 well represented in Wonyip, where 11.8% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria and the 2.8% average for Australia.
11.8%
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 Wonyip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22831/wonyip/topic/community