9.2% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Williamtown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Williamtown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 10.7% of people in Williamtown have served in the Defence Force, a figure far higher than the national average. However, the area sees much lower levels of volunteering and unpaid childcare than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.2% of residents volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 18.9%. Meanwhile, 13.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure of 11.9%.
13.4% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for its level, sitting well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
10.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality 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 Williamtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14316/williamtown/topic/community