51.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jilakin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jilakin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of all residents in Jilakin give their time to volunteer, marking a massive gap compared to the rest of the country. This high level of community involvement defines daily life in the area, though few people here have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 51.4% of people volunteer here, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a common unpaid task, with 35.1% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on it, far above the 20.7% seen across Australia. In contrast, those providing unpaid care or looking after children are much lower than most areas, at 8.1% and 16.2% respectively.
8.1% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.1% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 35.1%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Jilakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50695/jilakin/topic/community