19.7% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alstonville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alstonville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Alstonville volunteer, a figure well above the national average. Residents here are more likely than those in other areas to give their time to the community and provide unpaid support to others. This strong spirit of service extends to a higher-than-usual number of former Defence Force members living in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.4% of people providing care—much higher than most areas. This is seen in the 25.8% who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
15.4% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
A higher number of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of the population having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Alstonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10046/alstonville/topic/community