12.4% ▼ -47.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Witheren · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Witheren
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people in Witheren have served in the Defence Force, a figure far above the national average. While this service rate is exceptionally high, other forms of community involvement and unpaid care vary across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with only 12.4% of residents giving their time.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, as 25.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside a slightly higher than average rate of people caring for children unpaid at 27.5%.
10.6% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 a major feature of the area, with 23.9% of residents having served, which is far above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
23.9%
Higher 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 Witheren [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33104/witheren/topic/community