22.4% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 87% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Much higher rates of volunteering mark Very Remote Australia compared to most other areas. About 22.4% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong level of community involvement has grown steadily over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.4% of people helping out. This is much higher than most areas and has risen by 4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children (22.2%) and general unpaid care (9.2%) are both lower than most areas and below the national figures. However, there has been a notable increase in people performing these roles since 2011.
9.2% ▲ +180.0%
Lower than 70% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▲ +48.5%
Lower than 60% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▲ +100.9%
Lower than 57% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 less common here than in similar areas, with only 2.4% of people having served. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 76% 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/RA94/very-remote-australia/topic/community