21.7% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Old Grevillia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Old Grevillia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Old Grevillia volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community help stands out in an area where far fewer people provide unpaid care for children or other family members compared to most of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 19.6%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. General unpaid care is also much lower than most areas, while 21.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
8.7% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
No one in Old Grevillia reported serving in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Old Grevillia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13087/old-grevillia/topic/community