12.7% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Griffith · Urban Area
Community Participation in Griffith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering and doing housework in Griffith than they were in 2011. While about 12.7% of the community still volunteer, this is a drop of 4.6 percentage points over the last decade. Most other forms of unpaid care and service remain relatively stable or lower than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen to 12.7%, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is a little below the Australian average of 14.1% and about the same as the New South Wales rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 25.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are well below the state and national averages, and this has fallen 4.8 percentage points since 2011.
11.1% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 52% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 94% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
Only 1.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and is a little below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
1.3%
Lower than 99% 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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1016/griffith/topic/community