19.3% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 75% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Outer Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Community Participation in Outer Regional Australia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement define Outer Regional Australia compared to similar areas. Nearly one in five people here volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of people volunteer, a rate much higher than most similar areas, although this has fallen 5.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 12.8% of people providing care and 23.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are much higher than in most other areas.
12.8% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 80% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 55% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 77% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 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.
Around 2.9% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Lower than 61% of remoteness area 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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA12/outer-regional-australia/topic/community