17.2% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orange · State Electorate
Community Participation in Orange
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and care work mark Orange as a place where people give a lot of their time to others. About 17.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that has climbed since 2011 and sits well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of people helping out. This is much higher than most similar areas and is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people in Orange provide unpaid care than in most areas. This includes 28.4% caring for children, which is well above the New South Wales figure, and 22% doing 15 or more hours of housework a week.
12.3% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 60% 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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10063/orange/topic/community