19.7% —
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Helens · Urban Centre
Community Participation in St Helens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in St Helens volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. While fewer residents are caring for children, there is a strong presence of people providing other types of unpaid care and former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of the community volunteers, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is a slight drop from 2016, when 22.0% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are much more common here than in most areas, rising to 15.6% since 2016. This contrasts with childcare, where only 15.5% of people provide unpaid care—far below the Tasmanian figure of 25.6%.
15.6% —
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.5% —
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% —
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
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 Force veterans make up 5.9% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the national rate of 2.8%.
5.9%
Higher than 87% 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 St Helens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615026/st-helens/topic/community