21.8% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willigobung · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Willigobung
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 22% of people in Willigobung volunteer, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This strong spirit of community service stands out in a place where very few residents are involved in unpaid care or housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.8% of residents helping out, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon in the area. Only 10.9% of people care for children unpaid and just 12.7% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.9% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.7% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
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.
No one in Willigobung has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Willigobung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14317/willigobung/topic/community