21.0% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 84% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 defines daily life in Remote Australia, where 21% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, making it one of the most active areas for community work in the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas. While this remains well above the Australian average, the figure has fallen 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common here, with 27.6% of people doing so unpaid, a little above the national rate. However, only 8% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
8.0% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 82% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 59% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 18.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population. This is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 73% 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/RA53/remote-australia/topic/community