16.4% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Solomon · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Solomon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people volunteer in Solomon than in most similar areas. Around 16.4% of residents give their time to others, a figure that has stayed steady since 2011. This community also shows a strong connection to the military, with more former and current Defence Force members than the state or national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.4% of people helping out. This is a little above the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas, with only 9.2% of people providing care and 16.4% doing over 15 hours of housework. The number of people caring for children unpaid is 26.9%, which is well below the Northern Territory rate of 30.2%.
9.2% ▲ +29.7%
Lower than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 very prominent in Solomon, with 6.2% of people having served. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8% and a little above the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
6.2%
Higher than 99% 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 Solomon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED702/solomon/topic/community