9.6% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cessnock · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Cessnock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant gap exists between Cessnock and the rest of the country in how people spend their spare time. While a much higher proportion of residents provide unpaid care, volunteering rates are well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.6% of people in Cessnock volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for others is common here, with 13.1% of people providing unpaid care, a little above the national figure. Notably, 29.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
13.1% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) 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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11720/cessnock/topic/community