16.5% —
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scarborough (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Scarborough (North Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Scarborough involves a mix of community support and home responsibilities, with 16.5% of people volunteering their time. While volunteering has fallen since 2016, the area remains more active in this regard than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.5% of people in Scarborough volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is down 3.4 percentage points from the 2016 census.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 9.6% providing general unpaid care and 17.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Meanwhile, 27.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure that has risen 1.8 percentage points since 2016.
9.6% —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% —
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% —
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.8%
Lower than 52% 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 Scarborough (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54804/scarborough/topic/community