18.2% ▼ -48.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rawson · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Rawson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back and helping others is a common part of daily life in Rawson (L). While volunteer rates have dropped since 2011, nearly 20% of residents still provide unpaid care for others, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Victorian and Australian averages. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 35.2% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 19.5% of people providing care, which is among the highest for similar areas. While 24.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, only 22.1% provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure.
19.5% ▲ +114.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 24.2%
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.
Roughly 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.6%
Lower 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 Rawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222078/rawson/topic/community