19.0% ▼ -35.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wy Yung · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wy Yung
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Wy Yung, where 15.6% of people provide unpaid care to others. This reflects a community with strong support networks and a high level of local contribution across both formal and informal roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one in five people (19.0%) volunteer here, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 27.3% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to childcare, where 27.8% of residents provide unpaid care for children.
15.6% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, at 3.6%, which is a little above the 2.0% seen in 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 Wy Yung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22876/wy-yung/topic/community