32.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willaura North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Willaura North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher volunteer rates than most similar areas define Willaura North, where nearly a third of the population gives their time to others. This community is far more active in unpaid work than the state or national averages, particularly in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.1% of people helping out, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life here; 35.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the national 20.7%. While 28.6% care for children unpaid, those providing other types of unpaid care are a little below the national average at 10.7%.
10.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 35.7%
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 Willaura North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22789/willaura-north/topic/community