7.6% ▼ -44.0%
Lower than 89% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
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.
Nearly 45% of people provide unpaid childcare in Bounded Locality, making it one of the highest rates for this activity. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent, with volunteering and defence service both sitting well below the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly here, falling 6.0 percentage points since 2011 to reach 7.6%. This is now well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 44.9% of people providing care—far above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 20.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while 12.5% provide other forms of unpaid care.
12.5% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 66% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.9% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 54% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Only 1.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and is slightly below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 87% 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/SOS72/bounded-locality/topic/community