17.6% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barwon - West · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Barwon - West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Barwon - West have volunteered or cared for children since 2011, though the area still shows high levels of community effort. Nearly 18% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of helping others is also seen in the high rates of unpaid care and housework within the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 17.6% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% national figure, even though the rate has fallen 7.0 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, as 31.9% of people care for children and 27.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national average, while those providing other types of unpaid care rose to 14.7%.
14.7% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
About 2.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Barwon - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20301/barwon-west/topic/community