17.5% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Page · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Page
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significantly higher share of people in Page have served in the Defence Force compared to the national figure. While community involvement is strong, the area sees lower rates of unpaid care and housework than most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.5% of residents volunteer, which is similar to the ACT figure and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most areas, with only 11.4% of people providing unpaid care and 17.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework. The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is also a little below the national figure at 24.0%.
11.4% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 17.3%
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.
Military service is much more common in Page than in most other areas, with 4.7% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Page [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80106/page/topic/community