13.5% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Isabella Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Isabella Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of people in Isabella Plains provide unpaid child care, making it one of the most common activities in the area. While many residents are busy with family duties, the community has a smaller proportion of volunteers compared to other parts of the territory.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.5% of people here volunteer, which is well below the ACT figure of 18.4% and lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 32.7% of residents provide unpaid child care, a figure that is well above both the ACT and national averages. Other forms of unpaid work are more typical, with 12.9% providing general unpaid care and 21.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.9% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
A much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most other areas, with 4.5% of the population having served.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Isabella Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80079/isabella-plains/topic/community