9.8% ▼ -49.6%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wilton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wilton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all adults in Wilton provide unpaid childcare, marking this as a primary focus of community life. The area has seen a massive shift toward family care over the last decade, while other forms of community involvement have fallen. This creates a distinct profile where home-based responsibilities far outweigh traditional volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of people volunteer here, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a sharp decline for the area, as the volunteering rate fell 9.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 46.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average of 26.3% and up 22 points since 2011. This is mirrored by a higher-than-usual 26.1% of people who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
11.4% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.2% ▲ +94.3%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 26.1%
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. This is much lower than in most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the state and national figures.
2.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre 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 Wilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115160/wilton/topic/community