16.4% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Walkley Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Walkley Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Walkley Heights are now providing unpaid care than in previous years, reflecting a growing role for family support in the area. The neighborhood shows a strong commitment to others, with a notably high number of people caring for children and a higher-than-average rate of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30.4% of people caring for children—a figure well above both the state and national averages. General unpaid care is also higher than most areas at 14.1%, though those doing 15 or more hours of housework are fewer than in most other places.
14.1% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of the population having served.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Walkley Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41515/walkley-heights/topic/community