10.4% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reid · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Reid
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 10.4% of people in Reid volunteer their time, a figure that has dropped sharply since 2011. This is much lower than most other areas, marking a significant decline in community participation across the district. Other forms of unpaid work and service are also lower than state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 7.8 percentage points since 2011. At 10.4%, the proportion of residents who volunteer is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.4% of people providing unpaid care. This trend is consistent across the board, with the number of people doing unpaid childcare and housework both falling since 2011.
9.4% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force. At 1.2%, this is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.2%
Lower than 89% of federal electorate 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 Reid [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED137/reid/topic/community