17.7% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Albury · State Electorate
Community Participation in Albury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Albury pitch in to help others compared to most similar areas. While 17.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%, this level of community involvement has actually fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, though the rate dropped from 23.1% in 2011 to 17.7% in 2021.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 13.4% of people providing care and 21.6% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly. This is alongside 26.5% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure.
13.4% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.8%
Higher than 74% of state electorate 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 Albury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10001/albury/topic/community