15.0% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Other Urban · Section of State
Community Participation in Other Urban
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 13% of people in Other Urban provide unpaid care, which is higher than most similar areas. While volunteering has dropped over the last decade, the region maintains a strong presence of former Defence Force members compared to other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of residents volunteer, which is roughly the same as the national figure. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 19.7% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here perform unpaid care and housework than in most other areas. This includes 22.1% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly and 12.9% who provide unpaid care, though the number of people caring for children has fallen slightly since 2011.
12.9% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 71% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 56% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 68% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 3.8% of residents having served.
3.8%
Higher than 68% of section of state 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 Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS11/other-urban/topic/community