8.1% ▼ -57.8%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waterford Park · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Waterford Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have spent their time volunteering or caring for others in Waterford Park (L) since 2011. Only 8.1% of residents now volunteer, which is one of the lowest rates for similar areas. This decline is part of a broader trend where unpaid work and community service have fallen across the board.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply in this area, falling 11 percentage points since 2011. At 8.1%, it is now well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 11% of people providing care and 19.2% caring for children unpaid. While 22.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework—a little above the national figure—this too has fallen since 2011.
11.0% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
3.0%
Lower than 66% 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 Waterford Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222099/waterford-park/topic/community