14.0% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grafton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Grafton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have spent time volunteering in Grafton since 2011, though unpaid care work has become more common. While 14% of the population now volunteers, a higher than usual number of residents provide unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates fell by 3.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 14%. This is lower than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people in Grafton provide unpaid care than in most other areas, with 14.2% doing so. This is a little above the state and national figures, while 25.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare.
14.2% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 common here, with 3.7% of people having served. This is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.7%
Higher than 54% 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 Grafton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113005/grafton/topic/community