12.9% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Griffith · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Griffith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A drop of 5.2 percentage points in volunteering since 2011 marks a shifting trend in Griffith. Only 12.9% of residents now volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This reflects a broader dip in community-led activity across the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates in Griffith are much lower than most areas, sitting at 12.9%. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 13.0%, but a little below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.9% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—other types of unpaid work are less common. Only 17.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the New South Wales average.
11.1% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
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.
Very few people in Griffith have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.3%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 91% 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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112010/griffith/topic/community