16.4% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glass House · State Electorate
Community Participation in Glass House
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have stepped up to volunteer in Glass House since 2011, though the area still sees a higher rate of community spirit than most. While 16.4% of residents currently volunteer, this is a drop of 7.8 percentage points over the last decade. This trend contrasts with a rise in people providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This represents a significant decrease from 2011, when 24.2% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 26.8% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. While 13.0% of residents provide unpaid care—a little above the national rate—the number of people caring for children unpaid has fallen 11 points since 2011 to 24.9%.
13.0% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.8%
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 much higher proportion of people in Glass House have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 4.7%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 87% 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 Glass House [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30029/glass-house/topic/community