39.9% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Neill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Port Neill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people volunteer in Port Neill, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as a defining feature of the area, with volunteering numbers continuing to rise since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 39.9% of residents helping out—well over the 14.1% national average. This figure has grown by 5.3 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 16.1% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the national figure, those caring for children unpaid (18.2%) are much lower than most areas. Meanwhile, people doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 18.2% since 2011.
16.1% ▲ +53.3%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 less common than in most areas, with 2.8% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
2.8%
Lower than 71% 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 Port Neill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422043/port-neill/topic/community