26.7% ▼ -33.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Acheron · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Acheron
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Acheron than in the rest of the country. This community is marked by a strong commitment to unpaid work, with figures for volunteering and former military service sitting well above national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.7% of people pitching in. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—those providing unpaid care for children are well below the Australian average at 20.0%.
10.4% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.5% of the population, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Acheron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20005/acheron/topic/community