14.0% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual share of residents in Williamstown provide unpaid care for others. While volunteering levels are about the same as the state and national figures, more people here look after children and other family members compared to most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.0% of people volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is a drop of 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.1% of people providing care and 29.1% caring for children, both of which are higher than in most areas. Meanwhile, the 20.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is lower than most areas.
13.1% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
Only 1.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 81% 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 Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28607/williamstown/topic/community