11.7% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Footscray · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Footscray
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Footscray provide unpaid care or volunteer than in other parts of the state. Only 9% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well below the Victorian figure. This pattern of lower community and home-based participation is seen across most of the area's social data.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 15.9% of people caring for children—far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are among the lowest at this level, well below the national figure.
9.0% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.6% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Footscray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20935/footscray/topic/community