18.4% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jindabyne · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Jindabyne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines daily life in Jindabyne, where 18.4% of people give their time to others. This is well above the national figure, though it has dipped slightly since 2011. Residents are far less likely to be providing unpaid care or housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.4% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%. This figure has fallen 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common than in most areas; only 19.0% of people care for children and 5.6% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well below the national average. Similarly, only 13.2% spend 15 or more hours on housework, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate.
5.6% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.2% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
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 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 72% 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 Jindabyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115086/jindabyne/topic/community