20.5% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 86% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
Much higher rates of community contribution mark Rural Balance, where 20.5% of people volunteer. While this is well above the national figure, the proportion of people giving their time has dropped since 2011. The area also sees a very high level of unpaid care and housework compared to other similar regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer here, which is far more common than in most other areas. However, this rate has fallen by 6.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 27% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework a week, a figure well above the national average. Providing general unpaid care is also among the highest at this level, rising to 14.6% since 2011.
14.6% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 61% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, which is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the Australian figure.
3.1%
Lower than 64% 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/SOS23/rural-balance/topic/community