35.4% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Robe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Robe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 35.4% of people in Robe volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the local area, where residents contribute significantly more time to others than people in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Robe are among the highest at this level, sitting at 35.4%, which is 21 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.1% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework—well above the national figure—only 22.5% care for children unpaid, which is well below the national average. About 12.8% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.8% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 4.1% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Robe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41264/robe/topic/community