12.4% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Georgetown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Georgetown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Georgetown provide unpaid childcare, a rate that is higher than most similar areas. This community shows a mix of strong family support and a higher than usual number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of residents 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.
Childcare is a common unpaid role here, with 27.9% of people helping out, which is a little above the New South Wales average. Meanwhile, 11.9% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a figure about the same as the national average.
11.9% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 than usual 3.3% of people in Georgetown have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Georgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11607/georgetown/topic/community