15.6% —
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Geraldton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Geraldton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people providing unpaid child care than the state average is a key feature of community life in Geraldton. While 15.6% of residents volunteer, this is down from 19.3% in 2016. These figures show a community where unpaid support roles are less common than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates in Geraldton are about the same as the Western Australian figure of 15.9%, though this is slightly higher than the national average of 14.1%. However, the number of volunteers has fallen by 3.7 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 20.8% of people provide unpaid child care, which is well below the state figure of 28.5%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are less common than in most areas, while the 11.0% providing other unpaid care is about the same as the national figure.
11.0% —
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% —
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% —
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population, which is about the same as both the state and national figures.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Geraldton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/511041285/geraldton/topic/community