29.0% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Anglesea · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Anglesea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Anglesea give their time as volunteers, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit defines the area, though the number of volunteers has dipped slightly since 2011. Residents here also tend to spend more time on unpaid work and care than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Anglesea, with 29.0% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure, though it fell 1.3 points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here perform significant unpaid work than in most areas, including 26.7% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This sits alongside a rise in those providing unpaid care, which grew to 14.1% since 2011.
14.1% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Lower than 71% 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 Anglesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215003/anglesea/topic/community