12.7% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Concord · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Concord
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Concord provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution in the area. While many residents help out at home and with others, formal volunteering is notably low compared to other similar suburbs.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.7% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 13.5% of residents providing care and 22.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are a little above the national figures.
13.5% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
Only 1.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 Concord [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10999/concord/topic/community