12.8% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Theodore · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Theodore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 32.1% of people in Theodore provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most areas. While the community is very active in family and care roles, formal volunteering has seen a decline in recent years.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the ACT's 18.4% and has fallen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 13.3% of people doing so. This is a little above the national figure, and it is consistent with the high number of people caring for children unpaid.
13.3% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Theodore than in most areas, with 5.3% of people having served in the Defence Force.
5.3%
Higher than 88% 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 Theodore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801071088/theodore/topic/community