20.7% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Snowy Mountains · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Snowy Mountains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About one in five people in Snowy Mountains volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out despite a slight decline in volunteering since 2011. The area also shows a stronger presence of former Defence Force members compared to most other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 20.7% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%, though it has fallen 5.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people provide unpaid care for children here than in most areas, at 23.0%. Meanwhile, 20.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.0% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population. This is higher than most areas and sits a little above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Snowy Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10103/snowy-mountains/topic/community