20.8% —
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Polwarth (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Polwarth (Western Victoria)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people in Polwarth volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. While this level of community contribution is among the highest for similar areas, the number of volunteers has fallen since 2016. This spirit of helping others extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are more common than in most places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above both the Victorian and national rates. However, this is down 7.4 percentage points from 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. This is alongside a higher-than-usual rate of people providing unpaid care, which rose to 14.2% since 2016.
14.2% —
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% —
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% —
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
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 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
2.5%
Lower than 61% 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 Polwarth (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26708/polwarth/topic/community