17.6% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swan Hill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Swan Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Swan Hill than in most other parts of the country, with 17.6% of residents giving their time. This high level of community spirit exists alongside a steady number of people providing unpaid care to others in their lives.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
While 17.6% of people volunteer here, which is well above the Victorian and national figures, this is down 6.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13.6% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid (25.7%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (20.3%) both match state and national levels.
13.6% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 2.5% of the population having done so, which is much lower than in most other areas.
2.5%
Lower than 77% 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 Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213014/swan-hill/topic/community