22.3% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Collector · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Collector
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of residents in Collector volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is a big part of daily life. This high level of local engagement is seen alongside a much higher rate of unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.3% of people helping out, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong trend has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very high at 35.2%, a figure that rose 12 points since 2011. While more people also do significant housework than usual, only 7.3% provide unpaid care, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 11.5%.
7.3% ▼ -44.9%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.2% ▲ +49.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas, with 5.2% of people having served in the Defence Force.
5.2%
Higher than 80% 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 Collector [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122037/collector/topic/community