12.4% —
Lower than 65% of federal electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wills · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Wills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Wills engage in unpaid care and volunteering compared to most similar areas. While 12.8% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, the numbers for childcare and housework are notably low. This pattern shows a community where traditional domestic and volunteer roles are less common than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.4% of people in Wills volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This figure is a little below the Australian average of 14.1% and about the same as the Victorian rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 22.2%, and the 17.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is also much lower than most areas. However, general unpaid care is higher than in most similar areas at 12.8%.
12.8% —
Higher than 69% of federal electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% —
Lower than 82% of federal electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% —
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
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.
Only 1.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most areas and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 93% of federal electorate 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 Wills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED239/wills/topic/community