17.1% ▼ -37.1%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willaura · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Willaura
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stronger-than-average volunteering rate defines the daily life of Willaura (L), where 17.1% of people give their time to others. While community spirit remains high compared to the state, the number of people performing unpaid care for children and others has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is quite common here, with 17.1% of residents helping out, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is down 10 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children has fallen sharply since 2011 to just 6.3%, a figure far below the Victorian average. Similarly, the share of people providing other unpaid care or doing 15-plus hours of housework has also trended downwards.
12.6% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.3% ▼ -82.9%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
Defence service is not common in the area, with 2.7% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 72% 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 Willaura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222100/willaura/topic/community