11.7% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Footscray · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Footscray
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Footscray compared to the rest of the state. This is a community where only 9% of residents provide unpaid care and only 11.7% volunteer, reflecting a lower rate of community participation than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are a little below the national figure at 11.7%. This is lower than most similar areas and has fallen by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 15.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the Victorian average of 26.3%. Similarly, the proportion of people doing over 15 hours of housework is well below the national figure, while those providing general unpaid care are much lower than in most areas.
9.0% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.6% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.0% of the population. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average 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 Footscray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213031348/footscray/topic/community