12.0% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 69% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
Community Participation in Major Cities of Australia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A slightly lower rate of volunteering marks the community profile of Major Cities of Australia, where 12% of people give their time to causes. This is a bit below the national figure and reflects a drop from 15.8% in 2011. While formal volunteering is lower, there is a strong presence of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%. This level of participation has fallen by 3.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 12.6% of people providing care for others, a figure that has risen since 2011. This includes 26.5% of people caring for children, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the national average.
12.6% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 74% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 75% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 57% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 1.6% of people in these areas have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 88% 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).
More for Major Cities of Australia
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA20/major-cities-of-australia/topic/community