17.9% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shoalhaven Heads · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Shoalhaven Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 17.9% of people in Shoalhaven Heads volunteer their time. This reflects a community with a strong habit of giving back, although this rate has dipped slightly since 2011. The area also has a notably high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%. This level of participation has fallen by 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care has declined since 2011, with the share of people caring for children falling 12 points to 20.8%, a figure well below the national average. Meanwhile, 24.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
11.6% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas, with 5.5% of residents having served.
5.5%
Higher than 84% 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 Shoalhaven Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115125/shoalhaven-heads/topic/community