13.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Purnim West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Purnim West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty percent of people in Purnim West provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. While volunteering rates are typical for the region, the area is marked by a very high level of unpaid caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.9% of people providing care, well above the national figure. This is alongside the high rate of childcare, though 18.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
18.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Purnim West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22128/purnim-west/topic/community