14.3% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 60% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Community Participation in Very Remote Australia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Very Remote Australia has stayed largely steady since 2011. While 14.3% of people volunteer, the most striking figure is the 25.7% who provide unpaid childcare. This highlights a strong focus on family care in these distant regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people volunteer, which is lower than most other areas and is about the same as the national figure. This level of community work has barely changed over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here at 25.7%, similar to the rest of Australia. However, other forms of support are less frequent, with only 7.7% providing unpaid care and 15.0% doing heavy housework—both figures being well below the national average.
7.7% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 85% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 65% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.0% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 74% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Force veterans make up 2.4% of the population. This is lower than most other areas and sits just below the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 75% 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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA54/very-remote-australia/topic/community