16.2% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 52% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
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.
More people provide unpaid care in Other Urban than in most similar areas. While volunteering has dipped slightly to 16.2%, the area remains more active in community support than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is around the middle for similar areas, though it has fallen 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 13.0% of people helping out. Meanwhile, 21.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is higher than most similar places.
13.0% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 73% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 55% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 62% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
A higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 3.8%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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/SOS61/other-urban/topic/community