12.7% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Griffith · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Griffith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are pitching in through volunteering and housework in Griffith than they were a decade ago. While 12.7% of the community now volunteers, this is a drop of 4.6 percentage points since 2011. These shifts show a local trend toward less unpaid community and home work over the last ten years.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 12.7% of residents who volunteer is lower than in most other areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales average of 13.0%, but a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is around the middle for similar areas. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much lower than most areas at 16.9%, and the 11.1% who provide other unpaid care is also lower than most areas.
11.1% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.3% of the population. This is much lower than most areas and a little below both the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 86% 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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/113011256/griffith/topic/community