17.2% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 59% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bounded Locality · Section of State
Community Participation in Bounded Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Bounded Locality spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework. This high rate of domestic work is a standout feature of the area's community profile, which also sees more residents providing unpaid care and serving in the defence force than in most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this level of community involvement has fallen by 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.6% of people providing such support—a much higher rate than most similar areas. While the number of people caring for children unpaid has fallen slightly to 24.7%, the proportion of those doing heavy housework remains well above the Australian average.
13.6% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 87% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 53% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 86% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 3.6% of the population having served, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.6%
Higher than 60% 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 Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS12/bounded-locality/topic/community