21.6% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
Over a third of people in Inner Regional Australia provide unpaid childcare, which is one of the highest rates for any similar area. This region shows a strong pattern of community and family support, though the proportion of people volunteering has dropped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas, with 21.6% of people helping out. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, although the rate fell 5.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common, with 12.7% of people doing so. This includes 34.8% who care for children—well above the Australian figure of 26.3%—and 22.9% who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
12.7% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 77% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.8% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 98% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 72% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than in most similar areas and is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Lower than 59% 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/RA81/inner-regional-australia/topic/community