19.4% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 74% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rural Balance · Section of State
Community Participation in Rural Balance
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 27% of people in Rural Balance spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This region shows a strong pattern of unpaid work and service, though the number of volunteers has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.4% of people helping out, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is down 5.7 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 13.4% of people providing care and 25.4% caring for children. This is consistent with a high rate of people doing significant housework, well above the national figure.
13.4% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 84% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 59% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Australian average.
3.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS13/rural-balance/topic/community