12.7% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Griffith · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Griffith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 16.7% of people in Griffith do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well below the national average. This reflects a general trend in the area where community participation and unpaid care are lower than in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 12.7% of residents giving their time. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is around the middle for similar areas. However, the proportion of people providing any unpaid care (11.1%) and those doing significant housework is lower than in most other places.
11.1% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.3%. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and lower than most other similar areas.
1.3%
Lower 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).
More for Griffith
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11788/griffith/topic/community