17.8% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Innes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Innes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has remained steady in Glen Innes, where 17.8% of people volunteer their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The community shows a strong commitment to helping others, both through formal volunteering and unpaid care roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 18% of people in Glen Innes volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13%. This level of participation is around the middle compared to similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.4% of people providing care and 24.6% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national average. However, the 19.3% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
13.4% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
More people in Glen Innes have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas. At 3.9%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.9%
Higher than 69% 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 Glen Innes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11653/glen-innes/topic/community