23.4% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Watheroo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Watheroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Watheroo volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, particularly in supporting children and helping out in the local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.4% of people pitching in. This is well above the 14.1% national average and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very high at 31.5%, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. While 25.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, those providing other unpaid care make up 10.8% of the population, which is a little below the national rate.
10.8% ▲ +68.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▼ -35.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.5%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
No one in Watheroo has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
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 Watheroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51547/watheroo/topic/community