19.4% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North West · Region (SA4)
Community Participation in North West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define the North West, where 19.4% of people give their time to others. While this is well above the national figure of 14.1%, the number of volunteers has fallen by 8.1 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.6% of people providing care, a figure much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 22.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure.
13.6% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 74% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 68% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figure for Australia.
2.8%
Lower than 58% of region (sa4) 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 North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/215/north-west/topic/community