19.9% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 81% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Bounded Locality, where nearly 20% of people give their time to help others. While this is well above the national figure, the proportion of volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.9% of people volunteer here, which is much higher than in most similar areas and 5.8 percentage points above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common, with 22.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work a week, a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, about 25.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is slightly below the national average of 26.3%.
11.5% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 50% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 56% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 72% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.4%
Higher than 51% 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/SOS52/bounded-locality/topic/community