12.5% —
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Melbourne - Residential · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in West Melbourne - Residential
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in West Melbourne - Residential provide unpaid care for others compared to the rest of the country. Only 6.5% of residents provide this kind of support, which is well below the national figure. This pattern of low unpaid work extends across childcare and housework as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.5% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most other areas. This figure is slightly 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 is very uncommon here; only 12.8% of people care for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (11.7%) and those providing general unpaid care (6.5%) are among the lowest in the country.
6.5% —
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.8% —
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.7% —
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
Just 1.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 West Melbourne - Residential [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041510/west-melbourne-residential/topic/community