20.0% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Albany · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Albany
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people in Albany volunteer their time, showing a strong drive to give back to the local area. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure, though it has dipped slightly over the last decade. This spirit of participation shapes daily life across the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20% of residents are volunteers, which is much higher than most other areas. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure, despite a 2.7 point drop since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is a little below the national figure at 25.3%. Meanwhile, 12.7% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is slightly higher than the state average.
12.7% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 3.2% of the population having this experience. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
3.2%
Lower than 60% 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 Albany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL512001/albany/topic/community