12.0% ▼ -47.2%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
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Community Participation in Casino
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering is the biggest change in Casino, where the rate fell by 11 points since 2011. Only 12% of people now volunteer, which is much lower than most other similar areas. This reflects a broader trend of declining community participation across the town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Casino is much lower than in most similar areas at 12%. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 13%, but it is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure, with only 21.5% of people providing this support. While housework and childcare roles have fallen since 2011, the number of people providing other unpaid care has risen slightly to 13.7%.
13.7% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
About 3.6% of people in Casino have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.6%
Higher than 52% 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 Casino [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114003/casino/topic/community