20.0% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 91% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Armidale · Urban Area
Community Participation in Armidale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people in Armidale volunteer their time, making the area's level of community help well above the national figure. While these numbers are much higher than in most other areas, the proportion of residents volunteering has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.0% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is much higher than most similar areas, though the rate has dropped by 7.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid childcare (22.7%) or do 15 or more hours of housework (19.6%) compared to national figures. However, the 12.5% of people providing other unpaid care is about the same as the Australian average.
12.5% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 78% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 less common here than in many other areas, with 2.5% of the population having served. This figure is about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
2.5%
Lower than 84% of urban area 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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1002/armidale/topic/community