16.4% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Winchelsea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Winchelsea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Winchelsea has remained steady over the last decade, with locals often stepping up to support others. A striking 16.4% of people volunteer here, which is well above the Victorian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Winchelsea, with 16.4% of residents giving their time. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and well above Victoria's 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent here than in most areas, with 14.8% of people providing help. This is reflected in housework, where 24.3% of residents do 15 or more hours a week, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
14.8% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 2.9% of people in Winchelsea have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Winchelsea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22802/winchelsea/topic/community