20.5% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 82% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
More than one in five people in Outer Regional Australia volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the region, even though the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of people here volunteer, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas. This figure has dropped by 7.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.7% of people providing unpaid care—a figure that is among the highest at this level and has risen since 2011. While 24.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure, the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average at 22.8%.
13.7% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 94% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 59% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.1%
Lower than 54% 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/RA22/outer-regional-australia/topic/community