11.0% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jervis Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jervis Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people in Jervis Bay have stepped up for local volunteer roles lately, with only 11% doing so. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure. While community volunteering is low, the area has a very high number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11% of people in Jervis Bay volunteer, which is far below the 21.7% seen across other territories and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than elsewhere, with child care and housework rates well below the national figures. However, 10.6% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the territory average.
10.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 striking 13.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is far above the national average of 2.8% and among the highest for similar areas.
13.4%
Higher than 99% 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 Jervis Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL90003/jervis-bay/topic/community