27.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
ACT Remainder - Paddys River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in ACT Remainder - Paddys River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in ACT Remainder - Paddys River than in the rest of the country. While the national figure for volunteering is 14.1%, over a quarter of the people here give their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27.9% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 18.4% seen across the Australian Capital Territory.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 23.5% of people providing it, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. However, the share of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas at 17.6%.
23.5% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the 6% seen across the Australian Capital Territory.
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 ACT Remainder - Paddys River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80012/act-remainder-paddys-river/topic/community