13.4% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wimbledon Heights · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wimbledon Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define daily life in Wimbledon Heights, where 16.3% of people provide unpaid care. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a community where a significant number of residents support others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure has fallen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011, though it remains about the same as the Victorian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 26.5% of residents doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. While the 16.3% providing unpaid care is much higher than most areas, those caring for children unpaid have fallen to 23.0% since 2011.
16.3% ▲ +78.2%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.0%
Lower than 86% 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 Wimbledon Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222102/wimbledon-heights/topic/community