15.6% —
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warrandyte (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Warrandyte (Eastern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care than most similar areas define the community spirit in Warrandyte. While 15.6% of residents volunteer, the area is most notable for the high number of people supporting children and elderly or sick relatives at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, sitting a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this has fallen 6.5 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is very common, with 29.2% of people caring for children unpaid. This sits alongside a high number of people providing other unpaid care (14.7%) and those doing over 15 hours of housework a week (23.8%), both of which are well above the national figures.
14.7% —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% —
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% —
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
Defence service is much less common here than in most similar areas, with only 1.6% of the population having served.
1.6%
Lower than 84% of state electorate 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 Warrandyte (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28301/warrandyte/topic/community