16.0% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Shore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Shore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 15% of people in North Shore provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. This is a community where a high number of residents support others in their spare time, though few are caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 15.2% of people provide unpaid care—much higher than most areas—only 19.5% care for children unpaid, a figure well below the national average. Around 21.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
15.2% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.5% of residents having served, which is a little above the Victorian average.
3.5%
Higher 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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21967/north-shore/topic/community