9.5% —
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Footscray (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Footscray (Western Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just over a fifth of people in Footscray provide unpaid childcare, the most common form of community contribution here. However, overall engagement in unpaid work and volunteering is much lower than in other similar areas. This trend is most visible in the volunteering rate, which has dropped significantly since 2016.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.5% of people in Footscray volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas and reflects a 4.6 point fall since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 20.9% of people caring for children. Similarly, the 15.7% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly is well below the Victorian figure of 20.1%.
10.8% —
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% —
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% —
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 rare in the area, with only 1.0% of the population having served. This is among the lowest rates for this level of area and sits a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 95% of state electorate 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 Footscray (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23007/footscray/topic/community