6.7% —
Lower than 89% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
No usual address · Capital City
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
In No usual address, volunteering is well below average and unpaid carers is well below average.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
6.7% of people in No usual address volunteer — well below average (below the national 14.1%).
6.7% —
Lower than 89% of capital city areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
3.8% of people in No usual address provide unpaid care to others — well below average (below the national 11.9%). 11.6% of people in No usual address look after children without pay, well below average (below the national 26.3%). 8.9% of people in No usual address do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, well below average (below the national 20.7%).
3.8% —
Lower than 87% of capital city areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.6% —
Lower than 86% of capital city areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.9% —
Lower than 85% of capital city areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
3.2% of people in No usual address have served in the Defence Force — around the middle of the range (above the national 2.8%).
3.2%
Higher than 57% of capital city areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in No usual address [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/79499/no-usual-address/topic/community