22.3% ▼ -31.2%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Willyaroo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Willyaroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Willyaroo involves a high level of helping out, with 22.3% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure, though it has dropped since 2011. The area is marked by a strong commitment to unpaid work and family support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, reaching 22.3%. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia, even though the rate fell by 10 points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life here, with 17.8% of people providing care, which is well above the national figure. This includes 31.5% of residents caring for children unpaid and 29.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
17.8% ▲ +36.7%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▲ +70.2%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
Only 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
2.1%
Lower than 86% 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 Willyaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421040/willyaroo/topic/community