9.8% ▼ -66.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Werrimull · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Werrimull
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of former Defence Force members now live in Werrimull compared to past years. While volunteering is quite low, the area shows a strong connection to military service and typical patterns of childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is about the same as the national figure at 26.8%. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 9.8%, and 19.5% spend 15 or more hours on housework.
9.8% ▲ +44.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.0% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above both the Victorian rate of 2.0% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Werrimull [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22752/werrimull/topic/community