18.0% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 64% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
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.
Nearly 27% of people in Inner Regional Australia provide unpaid childcare, the largest share of community contribution in the area. This region sees a high level of unpaid support for families and a strong volunteering culture that is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.0% of people helping out. This is higher than most similar areas and sits 3.9 percentage points above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, including 12.5% of people providing general care and 20.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework. While 26.8% care for children unpaid, this is a much higher rate than most areas and has fallen slightly since 2011.
12.5% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 72% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 79% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 58% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas. People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 78% 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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA61/inner-regional-australia/topic/community