21.1% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Armidale · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Armidale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of people in Armidale give their time to volunteering, a rate well above the national figure. While these community efforts remain strong, this kind of unpaid work has fallen since 2011. It is a place where many residents balance local service with family and care duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 21.1% of people here volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% national figure. However, this has fallen 6.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are a little more common here than in the rest of New South Wales. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid (23.4%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (21.6%) are both lower than or about the same as national figures.
12.8% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
About 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national levels.
2.7%
Lower than 58% 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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11001/armidale/topic/community