18.2% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Grove compared to the national average. While volunteering is steady, a significant portion of the population spends their time supporting others and maintaining their homes. This community is notably more active in caregiving roles than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of people in Grove volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 15.4% of people providing unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. This is consistent with higher-than-usual rates of people caring for children (29.0%) and those doing at least 15 hours of housework a week (26.3%).
15.4% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
Around 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national average.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60254/grove/topic/community