12.6% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Portland · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Portland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Portland have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. While 4.0% of the population are veterans, the local volunteering rate has dropped to 12.6%. This means fewer people are giving their time to community groups compared to a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011. At 12.6%, the current rate is much lower than most other areas and sits slightly below the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care than in most areas, with the rate rising to 14.1% since 2011. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid make up 22.9% of the population, which is well below the Australian average.
14.1% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
Defence service is more common in Portland than in most similar areas. At 4.0%, the proportion of people who served is a little above both the New South Wales and national figures.
4.0%
Higher than 62% 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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115121/portland/topic/community