32.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wurdiboluc · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wurdiboluc
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 32.8% of people in Wurdiboluc volunteer, making it a place where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than in most areas. This strong culture of helping out is a standout feature of daily life here, far exceeding both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are exceptionally high at 32.8%, which is 19 percentage points above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.2% of people provide unpaid care—slightly above the national figure—those caring for children unpaid are well below the state average at 18.7%. Meanwhile, 24.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
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 one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Wurdiboluc [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22874/wurdiboluc/topic/community