36.4% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.5%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wycheproof · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wycheproof
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than three in ten people in Wycheproof volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.4% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is frequent, with 17.2% of people providing support, which is well above the national figure. While 24.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, only 19.9% provide unpaid childcare, a rate well below the Victorian average.
17.2% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 3.4%, this is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Wycheproof [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22877/wycheproof/topic/community