16.2% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Johnsonville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Johnsonville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state average for unpaid care, Johnsonville is a place where residents provide significant support to others. About 17.2% of people provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. This local tendency towards caregiving defines the community's social contribution.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are around the middle for similar areas, with 16.2% of people helping out, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the proportion of people caring for children is far below the national figure at 13.2%, more residents handle heavy housework. About 27% do 15 or more hours of unpaid chores a week, well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
17.2% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.2% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 27.0%
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 common here, with 2.8% of the population having served, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Johnsonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21273/johnsonville/topic/community