5.4% ▼ -71.2%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Injinoo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Injinoo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of childcare occur in Injinoo than in most similar areas. While 44.2% of people provide unpaid care for children, the proportion of residents volunteering for community groups is among the lowest in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.4% of people in Injinoo volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 18.7% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly 44.2% of people provide unpaid care for children, a figure far above the national average. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly fell to 10.8%, which is well below the Australian figure of 20.7%.
8.6% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.2% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.8% ▼ -60.4%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 2.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas but about the same as the national rate of 2.8%.
2.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Injinoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322061/injinoo/topic/community