17.4% ▼ -36.8%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Shore · Urban Centre
Community Participation in North Shore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in North Shore volunteer, a figure well above both the state and national averages. While many residents contribute to their community, other participation rates like unpaid care and defence service are lower than typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of people helping out, though this is 10 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly 30% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. However, the 10.3% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
10.3% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▲ +28.8%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in North Shore, where only 1.6% of residents have served, a figure that is a little below the Australian average.
1.6%
Lower than 89% 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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122101/north-shore/topic/community