9.7% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shellharbour · State Electorate
Community Participation in Shellharbour
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Shellharbour compared to the rest of the country. While only 9.7% of residents give their time to volunteer work, there are high rates of people providing unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Shellharbour are well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%. This level of participation has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.6% of people providing care and 27.9% looking after children. These figures are both higher than most areas, while 23.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure that has risen since 2011.
13.6% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
2.3%
Lower than 70% 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 Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10075/shellharbour/topic/community