8.4% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Airport West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Airport West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.4% of people in Airport West volunteer, which is a striking low compared to the rest of the country. While unpaid care for others is common here, formal volunteering has fallen since 2011. This suggests a community where support is more likely to happen within the home than through organised groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, at 8.4%. This figure is well below the Victorian average of 13.3% and has dropped 3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of local life, with 14.4% of people providing care—a figure much higher than in most areas. Meanwhile, 26.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure.
14.4% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is much lower than in most other similar areas and slightly below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 78% 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 Airport West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210011226/airport-west/topic/community