26.2% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 91% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 5.8 percentage points since 2011 in Remote Australia, though engagement remains high. Even with this decline, 26.2% of people still volunteer, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.2% of people helping out, which is far above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more common than in most areas, with 24.6% of people spending 15 or more hours on housework. Around 25.9% provide unpaid childcare, and 11.8% provide other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as national figures.
11.8% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 64% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 67% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 89% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
About 3.1% of people in Remote Australia have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national average of 2.8%.
3.1%
Lower than 52% 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/RA43/remote-australia/topic/community