13.5% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 63% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
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.
Fewer people in the major cities of Australia have volunteered since 2011, with the rate falling 4.6 percentage points to 13.5%. This reflects a broader shift in how residents spend their spare time. While volunteering has dropped, other forms of community support and service remain steady.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. At 13.5%, the rate is about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A much higher proportion of people here provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, at 27.5%. Other unpaid work is more typical, with 20.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 11.2% providing general unpaid care.
11.2% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 55% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 56% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
More people in these cities have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. The rate is 3.5%, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.5%
Higher than 69% 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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA30/major-cities-of-australia/topic/community