9.7% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shellharbour · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Shellharbour
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower volunteer rates than most areas define community participation in Shellharbour. While only 9.7% of people volunteer, there is a strong presence of unpaid care, with 28.4% of residents looking after children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.7% of people in Shellharbour volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has fallen 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 13.5% of people provide care and 28.4% look after children—both figures are much higher than in most areas. Additionally, 23.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure.
13.5% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 2.3% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 71% 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 Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16900/shellharbour/topic/community