29.8% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jelcobine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jelcobine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Jelcobine volunteer their time, making it a place with a remarkably high level of community involvement. Residents here are far more likely to give their time to others than those in the rest of the state or country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29.8% of the population volunteers, a figure that is far above the national rate of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle a heavy load of unpaid work, with 34.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid childcare is also common, at 29.8%, which is well above the Australian average.
12.9% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.7% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 34.7%
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 share of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 5.0% of people having served, which is a little above the state and national figures of around 2.9%.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Jelcobine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50688/jelcobine/topic/community