11.4% ▼ -58.9%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wunghnu · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wunghnu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 1 in 10 people in Wunghnu have served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. While military service is common here, other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering, have dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen by 16 percentage points since 2011 and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the state and national figures at 21.4%. Meanwhile, the share of people providing general unpaid care is much higher than most areas, rising to 14.9% since 2011.
14.9% ▲ +44.3%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
At 9.2%, the proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is well above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and the national figure of 2.8%.
9.2%
Higher than 99% 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 Wunghnu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222105/wunghnu/topic/community