35.0% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wycheproof · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wycheproof
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Among the highest in its class for community involvement, Wycheproof (L) sees 35% of its people volunteering. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and represents a steady increase in local participation over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 35% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and has risen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is a significant part of local life, with 17.7% of people providing support—a figure well above the national average. Meanwhile, 24.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though the number of people caring for children unpaid has fallen sharply to 19.1%.
17.7% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -46.1%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
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, with 3.7% of residents having served. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and roughly in line with the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.7%
Higher than 53% 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 Wycheproof [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221081/wycheproof/topic/community