18.5% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Iluka · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Iluka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average of 14.1%, 18.5% of people in Iluka spend their time volunteering. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work and service, though the number of volunteers has fallen slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is higher than most similar areas, even though the rate dropped by 1.5 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people care for children unpaid here compared to the rest of Australia, but 28.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, unpaid care for others is slightly above the state average at 13.0%.
13.0% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.2% ▼ -47.9%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 28.3%
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 proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, with 5.3% of residents having served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
5.3%
Higher than 81% 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 Iluka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115084/iluka/topic/community