33.9% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wye River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wye River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Wye River volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out against the area's very low rates of unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 33.9% of residents are volunteers, which is much higher than most areas and far above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is rare here, with only 5.1% providing care and 6.8% spending 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are far below national figures.
5.1% ▼ -67.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.8% ▼ -73.1%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 6.8%
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, which 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 Wye River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22881/wye-river/topic/community