18.7% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Williamstown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Williamstown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Williamstown provide unpaid child care, reflecting a strong focus on family support. The area is notably active in community life, with residents contributing more to volunteering and unpaid care than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% figure for Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life, with 15.6% of people providing care—a rate well above the Australian average of 11.9%. This includes 28.6% of residents caring for children, which is higher than most other areas.
15.6% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Williamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22792/williamstown/topic/community