18.4% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 69% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
Community Participation in Major Cities of Australia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in the Major Cities of Australia volunteer, a figure well above the national rate. This high level of community involvement is seen across various roles, from formal volunteering to providing unpaid care for others. While some activities have dipped over the last decade, civic participation remains strong across these urban areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.4% of people here volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this rate has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 28.3% of people looking after children, which is much higher than in most other areas. Another 12.0% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
12.0% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 65% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 87% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 54% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 very prominent here, with 6.0% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for this level of area and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.0%
Higher than 94% 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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA80/major-cities-of-australia/topic/community