12.8% ▼ -60.5%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Urbenville · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Urbenville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Urbenville involves a high level of unpaid support, with 15.4% of people providing care for others. This community effort is much higher than in most similar areas. While home-based support is common, the number of local volunteers has dropped significantly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates have fallen sharply since 2011, dropping 20 points to reach 12.8%. This figure is now much lower than most other areas, though it remains about the same as the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high proportion of people do a lot of housework, with 25.5% spending 15 or more hours a week on it. While unpaid care for others is well above the national figure, those caring for children unpaid are far below the state and national averages.
15.4% ▲ +36.3%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.2% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most other areas. About 4.8% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
4.8%
Higher than 75% 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 Urbenville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122147/urbenville/topic/community