17.8% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 63% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Outer Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Community Participation in Outer Regional Australia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering and unpaid care distinguishes Outer Regional Australia from the rest of the country. While 17.8% of people volunteer here, that figure is well above the national rate of 14.1%. These figures show a community where people frequently step up to support others through unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 18% of people in Outer Regional Australia volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though the rate has fallen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.6% of people providing care—a figure much higher than most similar areas. This is seen alongside a high rate of housework, where 24.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid chores a week, well above the 20.7% national average.
13.6% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 92% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 51% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 91% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 more common in Outer Regional Australia than in most other areas. About 4.2% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 86% 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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA62/outer-regional-australia/topic/community