7.0% ▼ -51.2%
Lower than 95% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scullin · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Scullin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 27% of people in Scullin provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While family care is a primary focus, other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering and defence service, are much lower than national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. This represents a significant drop from 2011, when 14.3% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common, with 26.8% of people providing this support. While 12.9% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, only 18.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is much lower than most areas.
12.9% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 56% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
Very few people in Scullin have served in the Defence Force. At 1.0%, this is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 93% 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 Scullin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED237/scullin/topic/community