12.2% ▼ -50.3%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Aldershot · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Aldershot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual number of residents in Aldershot provide unpaid care and support. While only 12.2% of people volunteer, the area has a strong connection to military service and a high rate of people managing home duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly since 2011 and now sits at 12.2%, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.0% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%—and 28.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This contrasts with childcare, as the 20.2% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.0% ▲ +70.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
Military service is more common in Aldershot than in most other areas, with 6.4% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.4%
Higher than 89% 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 Aldershot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321001/aldershot/topic/community