37.6% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 50.1%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Acton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Acton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 37.6% of people in Acton volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands in contrast to very low rates of unpaid care and housework in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37.6% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 18.4% seen across the Australian Capital Territory and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people perform unpaid care here. Only 1.2% care for children and 2.6% provide general unpaid care, both of which are well below the national and territory figures.
2.6% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
1.2% ▼ -57.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
2.3% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in the area, with only 0.3% of residents having served. This is a little below the Australian average of 2.8% and well below the 6% seen across the ACT.
0.3%
Lower than 77% 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 Acton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80017/acton/topic/community