30.3% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 40.1%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Auburn · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Auburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 30% of people in Auburn (L) volunteer, which is far above the national figure. While community spirit remains high, the number of volunteers has fallen by 8.2 percentage points since 2011. This makes it one of the most active areas for volunteering compared to similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.3% of residents helping out. This is 16 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people providing unpaid care has risen to 13.9%, which is a little above the national figure. However, the number of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 19.4%.
13.9% ▲ +69.9%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.9% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
4.9%
Higher than 76% 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 Auburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422006/auburn/topic/community