22.6% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 92% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
499 or less · Section of State Range
Community Participation in 499 or less
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines daily life in 499 or less, where 22.6% of people give their time to others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While these numbers are among the highest for similar areas, the volunteering rate has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, which is a much higher rate than in most other similar areas. This figure is 8.5 percentage points above the Australian average, despite falling from 28.7% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. While unpaid childcare is a little below the Australian average at 23.5%, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care is among the highest at this level.
14.0% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 92% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 72% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 88% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.4%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 4.3% of the population. This is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.3%
Higher than 79% 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 499 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR422/499-or-less/topic/community