14.3% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Stephens · State Electorate
Community Participation in Port Stephens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 6.6% of people in Port Stephens have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure. This high level of military service marks the area's strongest community contribution. While many residents help out in other ways, overall volunteering has dropped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people volunteer, which is roughly the same as the Australian average. This is a decline from 2011, when the figure was 20.5%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do significant unpaid work than in most areas, with 24.4% spending 15 or more hours on housework. Providing unpaid care is also a little above the state and national figures at 13.7%, while childcare is a little below the national figure at 23.9%.
13.7% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for areas of this size, at 6.6%. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
6.6%
Higher than 95% 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 Port Stephens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10069/port-stephens/topic/community