10.0% ▼ -45.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Walloon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Walloon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Participation in community and unpaid work in Walloon has seen notable shifts over the last decade. While only 10% of the population now volunteers, there is a strong presence of former Defence Force members and people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national and state figure of 14.1% and much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.1% of people providing care and 30.7% caring for children unpaid—a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.1% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 high proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, at 7.2%, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.2%
Higher than 89% 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 Walloon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32968/walloon/topic/community