17.1% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Halifax · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Halifax
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far lower share of residents provide unpaid childcare in Halifax (L) compared to the rest of the state. While only 13.9% of people look after children without pay, the area sees a higher-than-average number of residents stepping up to volunteer and provide other types of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown since 2011, with 17.1% of people now giving their time. This is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 15.3% of people doing so. This is well above the national figure, even though the number of people caring for children is far below the state average.
15.3% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.9% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 3.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.8%
Higher than 55% 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 Halifax [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322055/halifax/topic/community