26.1% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ardrossan · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Ardrossan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Ardrossan are contributing their time to others than a decade ago, with volunteering rates climbing significantly. A strong 26.1% of residents now volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This shift marks a growing trend of community involvement across the town since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.1% of people helping out. This is much higher than most areas and is 12 points above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work varies, as 27% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid fell to 15.9% since 2011, a rate far below the rest of the state.
13.5% ▲ +55.9%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▲ +47.9%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
A little more than the national average of people in Ardrossan have served in the Defence Force, with 4.5% of the population having done so.
4.5%
Higher than 72% 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 Ardrossan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421001/ardrossan/topic/community