21.6% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
More than one in five people in Griffith volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community is highly active in giving their time, though the proportion of residents providing unpaid care or doing housework is lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.6% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and well above the ACT figure of 18.4%. This is a slight drop from 2011, when 23.7% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with 23.4% of people caring for children and only 16.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Meanwhile, 11.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, a figure about the same as the national average.
11.4% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.8% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 very common in Griffith, where 7.9% of people have served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
7.9%
Higher than 99% 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/sa2/801061064/griffith/topic/community