24.5% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 98% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
A growing number of people have taken on unpaid care roles in Bounded Locality since 2011. This is a place with a very strong spirit of service, where nearly a quarter of the population volunteers and veterans are much more common than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.5% of people here volunteer, which is among the highest rates for this level and far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The number of people providing unpaid care rose to 11.0%, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework rose by 9.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 21.8%. This is a little above the national figure, though the 23.8% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below Australia's 26.3%.
11.0% ▲ +53.3%
Lower than 56% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 60% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▲ +83.7%
Higher than 65% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.6% of the population having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 86% 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/SOS92/bounded-locality/topic/community