15.5% ▼ -44.3%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sapphire · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Sapphire
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people provide unpaid care in Sapphire than in most similar areas. While 15.1% of residents offer this support, the number of people volunteering for community groups has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people in Sapphire volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a sharp decline from 2011, when 27.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.1% of people providing it, well above the 11.9% national figure. While those doing heavy housework rose to 22.7%, the number of people caring for children fell to 7%, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.1% ▲ +60.1%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.0% ▼ -74.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.4% of the population. This is higher than in most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 69% 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 Sapphire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321091/sapphire/topic/community