20.5% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 87% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range
Community Participation in Remainder of State/Territory
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer in the Remainder of State/Territory compared to the rest of the country. While 20.5% of residents give their time to others, this is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer here, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this figure has fallen 6.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 27.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside a slightly higher rate of people providing unpaid care, which rose to 14.6% since 2011.
14.6% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
Around 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than in most similar areas and is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.1%
Lower than 71% 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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR231/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/community