21.6% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Congo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Congo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Congo. Around 21.6% of people here volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Congo, with 21.6% of residents helping out, a figure well above both the state (13.0%) and national (14.1%) rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework than in most areas, sitting well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 13.0% provide unpaid care and 26.9% care for children unpaid, both of which are a little above the state and national levels.
13.0% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.9% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Congo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11008/congo/topic/community