10.5% ▼ -52.3%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Attunga · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Attunga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Attunga volunteer than in most similar areas. While only 10.5% of residents give their time to volunteering, a higher than usual number of people provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply here, falling 12 points since 2011 to 10.5%. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.8% of people providing help to others, which is a little above the state and national figures. This includes 27.1% who care for children, a rate higher than most areas.
13.8% ▲ +50.8%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Very few people in Attunga have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.2%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 92% 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 Attunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122009/attunga/topic/community