15.0% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
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.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 2 percentage points since 2011 in 1 million or more. While unpaid care for others has risen, the number of people volunteering has fallen to 15.0%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.0% of people volunteer here, which is around the middle for similar areas and just above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 26.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 13.0% of residents provide other unpaid care, a figure that is higher than most areas and rose since 2011.
13.0% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 63% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 74% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 63% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 uncommon here, with only 3.0% of people having served, which is much lower than most similar areas.
3.0%
Lower than 73% 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/SOSR401/1-million-or-more/topic/community