17.4% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 76% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
Community Participation in Not in any Significant Urban Area
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Not in any Significant Urban Area (ACT). While 17.4% of people volunteer, this is a drop from the 23.6% recorded in 2011. The area generally sees more community contribution and unpaid care than many other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of people helping out. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though it sits a little below the ACT average of 18.4%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is high at 26.5%, which is a rise of 2.5 percentage points since 2011. Conversely, this area has some of the lowest rates of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, at 16.5%.
12.5% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 59% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 63% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 96% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.5% of people having served. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8% but a little below the 6.0% seen across the ACT.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/8000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/community