9.6% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alkimos · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alkimos
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Alkimos provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. While family care is very common here, other forms of community contribution and service are much lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia and much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 39.6% of people care for children unpaid, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. Conversely, providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 7.1%, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework are a little below the national average.
7.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.6% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Alkimos [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50011/alkimos/topic/community