9.8% ▼ -52.0%
Lower than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
50,000 to 99,999 · Section of State Range
Community Participation in 50,000 to 99,999
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 10% of people in 50,000 to 99,999 volunteer, a figure that has plummeted since 2011. While community volunteering is low, there is a high rate of people providing unpaid care for others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has fallen by 11 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30.7% of people caring for children—among the highest rates for this level of area. Another 13.1% provide general unpaid care, which is higher than most areas, while 20% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.1% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 66% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 88% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 65% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
About 3.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.6%
Higher than 54% 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 50,000 to 99,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR211/50-000-to-99-999/topic/community