15.5% ▼ -40.9%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Anna Bay - Boat Harbour · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Anna Bay - Boat Harbour
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of residents in Anna Bay - Boat Harbour provide unpaid care compared to the rest of the state. While nearly 30% of people look after children without pay, volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people volunteer, which is a little above the state and national figures, though this is 11 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 29.3% of people caring for children, a figure well above the state average. Another 25.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is also well above the national figure.
13.8% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
The area has a much higher proportion of veterans than most similar places, with 4.9% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
4.9%
Higher than 76% 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 Anna Bay - Boat Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115002/anna-bay-boat-harbour/topic/community