14.9% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orange · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Orange
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of residents in Orange help raise children without pay, a figure well above the national average. This high rate of unpaid childcare is the most striking feature of how people contribute to their community in this area. Most other forms of community service and volunteering here follow general state and national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people in Orange volunteer their time. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and is about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.6% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the 26.3% national figure—other forms of care are less common. Only 11.8% provide general unpaid care, and 20.3% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are lower than in most other areas.
11.8% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population. This is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13103/orange/topic/community