16.8% ▼ -30.5%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Albury - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Albury - East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Albury - East since 2011, though numbers remain high. Around 16.8% of residents still give their time to community groups, which is well above the state average. This spirit of service is paired with high rates of unpaid family care and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 16.8% of people helping out. However, this is a drop of 7.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, especially for children, where 32.6% of people provide help—well above the national figure. About 12.9% of residents also provide other forms of unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011.
12.9% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.0% of residents having served.
4.0%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Albury - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/109011172/albury-east/topic/community