7.4% ▼ -40.9%
Lower than 93% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
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.
Almost 44% of people in 499 or less provide unpaid child care, a figure far above the national average. While unpaid care is common here, formal volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.4% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when 12.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is very common, with 43.8% of residents doing so, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. Unpaid care for others is also much higher than most areas at 13.3%, while about 20.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.3% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 74% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.8% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is a little below the Australian average of 2.8% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
1.7%
Lower than 93% 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/SOSR722/499-or-less/topic/community