12.0% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Aberdeen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Aberdeen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Aberdeen sees lower levels of community volunteering than most similar areas. Only 12% of people here volunteer, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%. Other forms of community support, like unpaid care, remain at a typical level for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than in most similar areas. At 12%, Aberdeen sits a little below both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.6% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the state average. Unpaid childcare is also common, with 25.7% of residents caring for children, a figure about the same as the national average.
12.6% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 common at a typical level for this area. About 2.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality 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 Aberdeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10007/aberdeen/topic/community