21.8% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grindelwald · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Grindelwald
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Grindelwald volunteer, a figure that is well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work, whether through local volunteering or caring for others at home. These patterns highlight a population that contributes significant unpaid time to their families and the wider area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.8% of residents volunteer here, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. However, this level of participation fell 9.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the state and national figures. Meanwhile, those providing unpaid care rose to 14.5%, while 23.9% of people care for children unpaid.
14.5% ▲ +95.3%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▲ +33.6%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
About 3.6% of the community have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
3.6%
Higher than 51% 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 Grindelwald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621015/grindelwald/topic/community