22.1% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 87% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Inner Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Community Participation in Inner Regional Australia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 3.9 percentage points since 2011, though Inner Regional Australia still sees far more people giving their time than most other areas. This region is marked by a strong commitment to unpaid work, with 22.1% of people volunteering and a high proportion providing care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.1% of people volunteer here, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 26.2% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the Australian average. While those caring for children unpaid fell to 25.4% since 2011, the share of people providing other unpaid care rose to 14.1%.
14.1% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 98% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 62% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most other areas, with 4.1% of people having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 85% 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 Inner Regional Australia
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA41/inner-regional-australia/topic/community