21.4% ▼ -29.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Winchelsea South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Winchelsea South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over double the national average of people volunteer in Winchelsea South, where 21.4% of residents give their time to others. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tradition of service and a high rate of unpaid care within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas, with 21.4% of people helping out, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much higher than most areas, with 16.4% of people providing support. This includes 24.3% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
16.4% ▲ +33.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.5% of people having served, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
3.5%
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 Winchelsea South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22803/winchelsea-south/topic/community