31.1% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Araluen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Araluen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national rate of volunteering is found in Araluen, where 31.1% of people give their time to help others. This community shows high levels of service and unpaid support compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 31.1% of residents volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%. This is much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much more common here than in most areas, at 30.0%. While this is well above the national figure, far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state and nation.
13.9% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is much more common here than elsewhere, with 7.1% of people having served. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Araluen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10071/araluen/topic/community