13.6% —
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarra Junction - Wesburn · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Yarra Junction - Wesburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering defines recent years in Yarra Junction - Wesburn, where only 13.6% of people now give their time to causes. This reflects a significant shift in how the community engages, though many residents still commit heavily to unpaid care and family work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen steeply here, dropping 18 percentage points since 2016 to reach 13.6%. This figure is now lower than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the Victorian and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many more people here provide unpaid care for children compared to the rest of the country, with 29.6% doing so. This is a rise of 6.8 percentage points since 2016, while the share of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well above the national figure at 24.8%.
14.1% —
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% —
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% —
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre 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 Yarra Junction - Wesburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215097/yarra-junction-wesburn/topic/community