7.2% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Home Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Home Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.2% of people on Home Island volunteered in the last year, which is far below the figures for the rest of the territories. This represents a significant drop from 2011, when nearly 15% of the population helped out in their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 7.2% volunteering rate is among the lowest for similar areas and sits well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 7.8% of people spending 15 hours or more on housework. This is far below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
8.7% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.8% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
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.
No one on the island has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the 3.1% seen across the Other Territories.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Home Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL922001/home-island/topic/community