18.8% ▼ -53.3%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glengarry · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Glengarry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Glengarry (L) have dropped by 21 points since 2011, yet the area remains active in helping others. While fewer people now volunteer, a very high proportion of the community provides unpaid care for children and the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%. This is still higher than most similar areas, despite the trend falling since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here; 34.4% of people care for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with a much higher than usual rate of people providing general unpaid care (15.6%) or spending 15 or more hours a week on housework (28.0%).
15.6% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% ▲ +50.0%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 28.0%
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 seen in 3.8% of the population, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 56% 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 Glengarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221029/glengarry/topic/community