30.3% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shoreham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shoreham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Shoreham volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This strong drive to help others is seen across the board, from community work to unpaid care. It makes the area stand out as a highly active place for community support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.3% of residents giving their time. 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.
Providing unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 16.4% of people helping out. This includes 25.9% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
16.4% ▲ +32.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
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 4.6% of the population. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8% and much higher than most other areas.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Shoreham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22279/shoreham/topic/community