19.4% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alstonville · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Alstonville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for volunteerism, Alstonville is a place where people give a lot of their time to others. Nearly 20% of residents volunteer, and the area sees much higher rates of unpaid care and housework than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.4% of people in Alstonville volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This level of community spirit has remained steady since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.6% of people providing care, which is much higher than most areas. This is seen alongside 25.1% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average.
15.6% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▲ +41.3%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
A higher than usual number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 4.4%, this is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.4%
Higher than 69% 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 Alstonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114001/alstonville/topic/community