18.7% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scullin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Scullin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Scullin than in most other Australian areas. This is most evident in childcare, where 32.9% of residents care for children without pay. The community also shows a strong commitment to service, with a high number of former and current defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.7% of people in Scullin volunteer, which is roughly the same as the ACT figure and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 32.9% of people providing unpaid care for children, a figure well above both the ACT and the national average. Unpaid housework is also more common than in the rest of the country, while the proportion of people providing other unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
11.4% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.4% of the population involved. This is a little above the national average, though slightly below the ACT figure.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Scullin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80117/scullin/topic/community