30.2% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wooragee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wooragee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement mark Wooragee compared to most similar areas. Around 30.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.2% of people helping out, a rate far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in the area, as 31.3% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home work is consistent with a higher than usual 19.2% of residents providing unpaid care. About 25.4% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the national average.
19.2% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 31.3%
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 areas, with 3.7% of people having served, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Wooragee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22853/wooragee/topic/community