21.8% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grindelwald · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grindelwald
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has shifted in Grindelwald, with a notably strong culture of volunteering and unpaid support. About 21.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More people here volunteer than in most other similar areas. At 21.8%, this is 7.7 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 28% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the national figure. Similarly, the 14.5% of people providing unpaid care is a little above the Australian average, while 23.9% care for children unpaid.
14.5% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas. About 3.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Grindelwald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60253/grindelwald/topic/community