14.7% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grafton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grafton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual share of people in Grafton have served in the Defence Force, with 3.7% of residents having done so. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid support, with more people providing unpaid care than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 13.9% of people provide such support, which is higher than most areas. Around 25.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure about the same as the national average.
13.9% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
With 3.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force, Grafton has a higher rate of service than most similar areas and is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Grafton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11739/grafton/topic/community