17.1% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Albury · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Albury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering and unpaid care sets Albury apart from the rest of the state. While 17.1% of people volunteer here, the New South Wales figure is only 13.0%. This community shows a strong tendency to give their time to others, whether through formal volunteering or caring for family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 17.1% of people pitching in. This is well above the state figure of 13.0%, though the rate has fallen by 5.8 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common in Albury than in most areas, with 13.5% of people doing so. This includes 27.5% who care for children unpaid, a figure a little above the national 26.3%.
13.5% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 more common here than in most areas. About 3.7% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 72% 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 Albury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10901/albury/topic/community