16.2% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wangaratta · Urban Area
Community Participation in Wangaratta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Wangaratta are providing unpaid care now than they were in 2011. This community is active, with 16.2% of residents volunteering, which is higher than most similar areas across the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people here volunteer, a figure that is a little above the national average and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.7% of people providing support—a rate that rose since 2011 and is among the highest for similar areas. Meanwhile, the share of people doing unpaid housework or caring for children has fallen slightly since 2011.
14.7% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 98% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 50% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 55% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 common here, with 3.0% of the population having served, which is a little above the Victorian figure.
3.0%
Lower than 58% of urban area 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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2019/wangaratta/topic/community