12.0% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 78% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
1 million or more · Section of State Range
Community Participation in 1 million or more
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering has dropped by 3.7 percentage points since 2011 in 1 million or more. While unpaid child care remains common, fewer people now give their time to community groups compared to a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.0% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is common at 26.3%, a figure higher than most similar areas. Meanwhile, 12.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national average and has risen since 2011.
12.5% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 51% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 69% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 72% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.5% of the population, which is among the lowest for this level and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 95% of section of state range 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 1 million or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR201/1-million-or-more/topic/community