21.3% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Isaacs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Isaacs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Isaacs volunteer their time, making it a highly active community. This spirit of service is clear in the local numbers, with volunteering rates well above the national figure. Residents here also step up frequently to care for others and support the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.3% of people here volunteer, which is higher than most areas. This is a little above the ACT average of 18.4% and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.9% of people providing care, a figure slightly higher than both the state and the nation. While 24.3% do plenty of housework—well above the national figure—those caring for children unpaid (25.3%) are a little below the Australian average.
14.9% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 much more common here than in most areas. About 6.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the ACT average but well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Isaacs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80078/isaacs/topic/community