22.8% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willyung · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Willyung
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Willyung volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with higher levels of volunteering and unpaid care compared to both the state and the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.8% of residents giving their time. This is much higher than the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is prevalent, as 30% of people care for children and 24.4% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national averages.
13.5% ▲ +44.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
About 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for Western Australia and the wider country.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Willyung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51616/willyung/topic/community