19.4% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 73% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
About 25.5% of people in Other Urban provide unpaid child care, one of the most common forms of community contribution here. While many residents give their time to others, the overall rate of volunteering has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.4%) volunteer here, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is higher than most similar areas, though the rate has fallen from 23.8% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 23.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure much higher than most areas. Similarly, those providing any unpaid care (13.2%) are more common than in the rest of the country.
13.2% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 79% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 60% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 76% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.8% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 70% 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/SOS41/other-urban/topic/community