18.3% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jerrabomberra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jerrabomberra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 13.4% of people in Jerrabomberra have served in the Defence Force, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of service is matched by a strong community spirit, with a higher share of residents volunteering than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is much more common here than in most areas, with 34.0% of people doing so. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%, while 12.4% of residents provide other types of unpaid care.
12.4% ▲ +29.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 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.
The local proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for its area type, sitting far above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
13.4%
Higher than 99% 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 Jerrabomberra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12025/jerrabomberra/topic/community