12.9% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 66% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Illawarra · Region (SA4)
Community Participation in Illawarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care work than most other areas define the community profile of Illawarra. While 13.2% of people provide unpaid care, the region has seen a decline in formal volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Illawarra fell by 3.8 percentage points since 2011 to 12.9%. This is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people in Illawarra provide unpaid care than in most other areas, with 13.2% of residents helping others. This includes 26.7% who care for children and 23.0% who do at least 15 hours of housework a week, both of which are above the national figures.
13.2% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 76% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 59% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 77% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
A small proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 2.3%, this is lower than most areas and about the same as the figure for New South Wales.
2.3%
Lower than 74% of region (sa4) 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 Illawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/107/illawarra/topic/community