21.6% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Griffith · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Griffith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Griffith volunteer, showing a strong habit of community contribution. This is a very high rate compared to the rest of the territory and the nation. The area also has a notably high proportion of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.6% of residents giving their time. This is well above the ACT figure of 18.4% and far higher than the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid care compared to other areas. This includes only 23.4% caring for children and 16.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are lower than the national figures.
11.4% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.8% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
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.
A high 7.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
7.9%
Higher than 91% 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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80067/griffith/topic/community