26.3% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willow Grove · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Willow Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Willow Grove are now providing unpaid care than in 2011. This community is highly active, with a very high number of volunteers and many residents taking on unpaid care roles compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.3% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most other similar areas. This rate has fallen slightly by 2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 34.7% of people caring for children—a figure that rose 12 points since 2011 and is well above the Victorian average of 26.3%. This high level of care is seen elsewhere in the home, as 27.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 14.1% provide other unpaid care.
14.1% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▲ +55.8%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 4.7% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 73% 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 Willow Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222101/willow-grove/topic/community