9.8% ▼ -73.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Premer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Premer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Premer has shifted over time, but it currently sits well below the national average for volunteering. Only 9.8% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This reflects a trend of lower community participation across several key areas compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 9.8% of residents taking part. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 19.6%, yet 13.7% of people provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. Around 22.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
13.7% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
Defence service is rare in Premer, where 0.0% of the population has served. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Premer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13271/premer/topic/community