23.9% ▼ -52.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.1%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Watchem · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Watchem
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and military service set Watchem apart from most similar areas. Around 24% of people here volunteer, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.9% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 8.8% of people providing unpaid care and 12.4% caring for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
8.8% ▼ -46.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.4% ▼ -62.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.0% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 6.5% of the population, which is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Watchem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22714/watchem/topic/community