8.7% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Werribee South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Werribee South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Less than 9% of people volunteer in Werribee South, a figure well below the national average. This reflects a broader trend in the area where residents are much less likely to engage in unpaid community work or childcare than those in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.7% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far less common here at 21.2%, well below the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with a lower rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, though those providing general unpaid care sit at 12.1%, about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.1% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 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.
Defence service is recorded for 2.3% of the population, which is about the same as the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Werribee South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22751/werribee-south/topic/community