12.6% ▼ -39.7%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
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Community Participation in Woori Yallock - Launching Place
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp decline in volunteering has marked the community in Woori Yallock - Launching Place since 2011. While only 12.6% of people now volunteer, there is a much higher rate of unpaid childcare compared to most other areas. This shift shows a community where local contribution is now more focused on the home and family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 8.3 percentage points since 2011 to 12.6%. This is much lower than most areas, though it remains about the same as the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 34.9% of people caring for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside higher than usual rates of people providing other unpaid care (14.1%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework per week (24.2%).
14.1% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian and national rates.
2.6%
Lower than 76% 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 Woori Yallock - Launching Place [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215093/woori-yallock-launching-place/topic/community