7.7% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 89% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
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.
Nearly half of all people in Very Remote Australia provide unpaid childcare, a rate far above the national figure. This highlights a strong focus on family support in these areas, though formal volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.7% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is well below the Australian average of 14.1% and represents a fall of 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 46.6% of people providing this care, far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. Meanwhile, 19.7% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, and 12.2% provide other unpaid care, which is higher than most areas.
12.2% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 69% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.6% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 46.2%
- 2016: 43.4%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 51% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population. This is a little below the Australian average of 2.8% and is among the lowest rates for this level of area.
1.6%
Lower than 89% 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/RA74/very-remote-australia/topic/community