20.6% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Garran · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Garran
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of people in Garran volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This community shows a strong trend of giving back, whether through formal volunteering, providing unpaid care, or serving in the armed forces.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 31.0% of people caring for children, which is much higher than most areas. This is alongside 22.8% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, a rate well above the territory figure.
12.6% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 much more common in Garran than in most other areas, with 6.9% of people having served, well above the national rate of 2.8%.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 Garran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80061/garran/topic/community