18.8% ▼ -40.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Exeter · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Exeter
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Exeter spend their time on unpaid housework than in most other areas, with 34.8% doing 15 or more hours a week. This community is also more active in giving back, with nearly one in five residents volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 14.2% provide care and 34.8% do significant housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. However, those caring for children unpaid are well below the Australian average at 22.4%.
14.2% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.8% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 34.8%
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 proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.6% of the population having served. This is a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
3.6%
Higher 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 Exeter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11478/exeter/topic/community