15.0% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orange · Urban Area
Community Participation in Orange
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Orange have volunteered since 2011, though a higher proportion now look after children. Nearly 30% of the population provides unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the NSW average. This is a drop from 2011, when 20.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 29.7% of people helping out, a figure well above the Australian average. Meanwhile, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 20.5% since 2011.
11.7% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 90% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 in Orange than in most other areas, with 2.5% of the population having served.
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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1027/orange/topic/community