17.7% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 61% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Community Participation in Remote Australia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering shapes daily life in Remote Australia, where 17.7% of people give their time to others. This rate is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though it has dropped from 21.5% in 2011. It is a place where people step up to support their neighbours more often than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.7% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas. While this is well above the Australian average, the number of volunteers has fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in other areas, with only 8.9% of people providing such support. Similarly, the proportions of people doing unpaid housework or caring for children are both a little below the national figures.
8.9% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 73% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 52% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 54% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as the national figure, though it is lower than in most similar areas.
2.8%
Lower than 64% 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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA33/remote-australia/topic/community