12.0% ▲ +246.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
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.
A notable 5.5% of residents in Williamstown have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas. While military service is common, other forms of community involvement and unpaid care are significantly lower than both state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.0% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average of 15.9% and much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon in this area; just 8.3% of people provide unpaid care, and the 15.7% who care for children unpaid is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
8.3% ▲ +222.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.7% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 5.5%, which is a little above the national and state figures of around 2.8% and 2.9%.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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/SAL51615/williamstown/topic/community