20.5% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Helens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Helens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people volunteer in St Helens, a figure well above the national average. This strong spirit of giving is reflected in the high number of residents who provide unpaid care and support to others in their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 17.6% of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas, 16.4% provide other forms of unpaid care. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%.
16.4% ▲ +28.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 common here, with 5.6% of people having served, which is much higher than most areas and double the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 St Helens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60632/st-helens/topic/community