14.5% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wonga Park - South · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wonga Park - South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 36% of people provide unpaid childcare in Wonga Park - South (L), a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care is the most striking feature of how locals contribute to their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are lower than in most similar areas, with 14.5% of residents helping out. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is much higher than most areas at 36%, rising 4.9 points since 2011. Meanwhile, 22.7% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, and 12.2% provide other unpaid care.
12.2% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.0% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 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.
Defence service is much lower here than in most similar areas, with 2.3% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.3%
Lower than 82% 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 Wonga Park - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222103/wonga-park-south/topic/community