29.5% ▲ +46.3%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wandiligong · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wandiligong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of residents in Wandiligong volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This community is deeply active in both unpaid service and home life, with high levels of caregiving and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.5% of people helping out, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This figure has risen by 9.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life, as 32.3% of people care for children and 28.8% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the Victorian average. Meanwhile, the 13.0% of people providing other unpaid care is about the same as the state figure.
13.0% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas. About 4.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
4.9%
Higher 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 Wandiligong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222098/wandiligong/topic/community