16.8% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 54% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Community Participation in Very Remote Australia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A middle-of-the-road level of community involvement marks Very Remote Australia, where 16.8% of people volunteer. While this is a little above the national figure, the area sees far fewer people providing unpaid care or housework than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%, although the rate has fallen by 6.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in most areas. Only 18.9% of people provide unpaid childcare and 17.1% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures and have fallen since 2011.
9.0% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 71% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 70% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 66% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
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.
Only 2.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most other similar areas.
2.0%
Lower than 84% 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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA14/very-remote-australia/topic/community