13.1% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Phillip · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Phillip
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Phillip give their time to unpaid work and volunteering compared to most similar areas. Only 13.1% of residents volunteer, and levels of unpaid care and housework are among the lowest in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 13.1% of people pitching in. This is well below the ACT figure of 18.4% and slightly lower than the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 7.7% providing care and 12.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Only 18.1% of residents care for children unpaid, which is far below the territory average.
7.7% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.1% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.8% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 higher share of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, at 3.5%. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%, though a little below the ACT's 6.0%.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Phillip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80110/phillip/topic/community