24.5% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Utungun · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Utungun
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Utungun volunteer their time, making it a place with a very high rate of community spirit. This local commitment is far above the national figure, though other forms of unpaid work and service follow more general patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a standout feature here, with 24.5% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 25.8% of people caring for children is about the same as across Australia, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much more common than in most areas at 30.8%. Meanwhile, the 10.7% who provide unpaid care is a little below the national figure.
10.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 30.8%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 1.9% of the population having this experience, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Utungun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14080/utungun/topic/community