15.4% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A drop in volunteering has been the most noticeable change in Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part) since 2011. While 15.4% of people still volunteer, this is down 5.2 percentage points over the last decade. This figure remains a little above the national rate of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas. This rate is a little above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is common here, with 27.5% of people providing unpaid child care, which is higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 13.4% of people provide other unpaid care—a figure that rose 1.9 percentage points since 2011—while those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell slightly to 20.1%.
13.4% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 slightly more common here than elsewhere, with 3.6% of the population having served. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.6%
Higher than 51% of urban centre 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 Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL111001/albury-wodonga/topic/community