15.3% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ayr · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Ayr
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Ayr have been involved in unpaid work or volunteering since 2011. While 15.3% of the community still volunteers, this is a 5.4 point drop over the last decade. The area generally sees lower levels of community participation and unpaid care compared to similar regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering sits a little above the national figure at 15.3%, though this is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 21.0%, and the share of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas. These figures have both fallen by around 5 points since 2011, while the 10.9% of people providing other unpaid care has barely changed.
10.9% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
About 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Lower than 60% 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 Ayr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314002/ayr/topic/community