16.2% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Howlong · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Howlong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Howlong since 2011, but other forms of community support remain strong. While the share of volunteers dropped 7.3 points to 16.2%, the area still sees more people giving their time to others than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people in Howlong volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a decline from 2011, when 23.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do significant unpaid housework (24.8%) compared to the rest of the country. While the share of people caring for children is well below the national 26.3%, the number of people providing other unpaid care rose to 13.1% since 2011.
13.1% ▲ +31.5%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 6.3%, this is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
6.3%
Higher than 89% 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 Howlong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115083/howlong/topic/community