8.8% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Entrance · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in The Entrance
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.8% of people in The Entrance volunteer their time, a figure that is well below the national average. This place shows much lower levels of community and family care than most other similar areas. While unpaid care is less common, the number of people who have served in the Defence Force is typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with just 8.8% of residents helping out. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, at 16.3% compared to the national figure of 26.3%. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework are also a little below the national average at 19.3%.
11.3% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.3% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
About 3.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 The Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13834/the-entrance/topic/community