12.7% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shellharbour · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shellharbour
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Shellharbour than in most similar areas. While the community matches state and national levels for volunteering and defence service, a higher proportion of residents handle significant housework and caring duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are much lower than most areas, with 12.7% of people helping out. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 13.8% of residents provide this support, which is a little above the national figure. This aligns with a higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, at 24.4% compared to 20.7% across Australia.
13.8% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
About 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13548/shellharbour/topic/community