12.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jacka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jacka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 43.5% of people in Jacka provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is far above both the ACT and national levels. This high rate of parenting is the standout feature of the area's community life, despite lower rates of general volunteering and other types of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas. Only 12.0% of residents volunteer, which is well below the ACT figure of 18.4%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While childcare is very common, other unpaid work is rare; only 7.9% of people provide general unpaid care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework per week sit at 18.3%, a little below the Australian average.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.5% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 recorded for 2.2% of the population. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%, though it is well below the ACT's 6.0%.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Jacka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80080/jacka/topic/community