31.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jingellic · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jingellic
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Jingellic, where nearly a third of the population volunteers. This level of community involvement is far higher than across the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31.3% of people volunteer here, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the state rate of 13.0%. This is much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for others is about the same as the national figure at 12.5%. However, only 12.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.5% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 7.8%, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8% and among the highest for this kind of area.
7.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Jingellic [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12042/jingellic/topic/community