9.1% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Attwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Attwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A little over a quarter of people in Attwood provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents take on care roles, a much smaller share of the community spends their time volunteering compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.9% of people providing care — a figure well above the Australian average of 11.9%. This is led by those caring for children, who make up 27.1% of the population.
15.9% ▲ +44.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 have served in the Defence Force account for 1.3% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Attwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20082/attwood/topic/community