17.3% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willoughby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Willoughby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 31% of people in Willoughby provide unpaid childcare, which is a much higher rate than most other areas. This local commitment to family care is paired with a strong volunteering spirit and a small number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above both 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.
Caring for children unpaid is very common at 31.4%, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. Other unpaid work is less frequent, with 11.1% providing general unpaid care and 21.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
11.1% ▲ +18.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
A small proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force. At 1.7%, this is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Willoughby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14320/willoughby/topic/community