15.4% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Williamstown North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Williamstown North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual share of people who served in the Defence Force live in Williamstown North. This community sees a fair amount of people giving their time to others, with 15.4% volunteering for local or national causes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few people here spend 15 hours or more a week on housework, at 16.4%, which is well below the national figure. This sits alongside 12.1% of people providing some form of unpaid care, a rate about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.1% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is more common here than in most other areas, with 3.6% of the population having served, which is a little above the Victorian average.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22793/williamstown-north/topic/community