11.9% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Footscray · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Footscray
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around 26% of people in West Footscray provide unpaid childcare, the most common form of community work in the area. While many residents help out at home, the suburb has lower rates of formal volunteering and unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of residents volunteer, 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.
About 26% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, the area has much lower rates of people doing significant housework or providing general unpaid care compared to most other places.
11.7% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 1.2% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 West Footscray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22756/west-footscray/topic/community