15.9% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arana Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Arana Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than most similar areas, 31.2% of people in Arana Hills provide unpaid child care. While volunteering is lower than in many other places, the area stands out for its high proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national and state figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common here, with 31.2% of people providing it, well above the 26.3% national figure. Meanwhile, 12.5% of residents provide other unpaid care and 21.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.5% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 high 7.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Arana Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30074/arana-hills/topic/community