15.1% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 56% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
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.
Around the middle of similar areas for most activities, Major Cities of Australia shows a high level of family support. About 29.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is among the highest rates for this level of area. Most other forms of community contribution here align closely with national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is steady in these cities, with 15.1% of people helping out. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus, as 29.2% of people care for children unpaid, a figure that rose since 2011 and sits above the national average. Other care is more typical, with 10.9% providing general unpaid care and 19.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
10.9% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 55% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 89% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 52% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 less common here than in most other areas, with 2.8% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure.
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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA50/major-cities-of-australia/topic/community