13.8% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 70% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
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.
Daily life in 1 million or more involves a high number of people managing family needs, with 28% of residents providing unpaid childcare. This level of family support is much higher than in most similar areas, though other forms of community involvement have seen a decline.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly since 2011, falling 4.9 percentage points to 13.8%. This rate is now lower than in most other areas, though it remains about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28% of people provide unpaid childcare—a figure a little above the Australian average—other forms of unpaid work are less common. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework and those providing general unpaid care are both lower than most areas.
11.3% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 64% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 83% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 67% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 areas of this size and slightly higher than the national figure of 2.8%.
3.6%
Higher than 58% 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/SOSR301/1-million-or-more/topic/community