7.0% ▲ —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shellharbour City Centre · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shellharbour City Centre
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Shellharbour City Centre has seen a shift since 2011, with current levels of volunteering and unpaid care now sitting well below state and national figures. Only 7% of people volunteer here, reflecting a broader trend of low community participation across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is quite low in Shellharbour City Centre, with only 7% of people giving their time. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few residents provide unpaid care for children (7.7%) or spend 15 or more hours a week on housework (13.5%), both of which are far below the state and national figures. Overall, 10.6% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little below the 11.9% seen across Australia.
10.6% ▲ —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.7% ▼ -73.2%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.5% ▲ —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 more common here than in most similar areas. About 3.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 City Centre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13549/shellharbour-city-centre/topic/community