4441.0 - Voluntary Work, Australia, 2010
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Women more likely to volunteer than men In 2010, 36% of Australians aged 18 years and over participated in voluntary work - 38% of women and 34% of men. Despite the pressures of balancing work and family life, people who were employed were most likely to be volunteers - 44% of those with part-time work and 38% with full-time work, compared to 20% of those unemployed and 31% of those not in the labour force. Women working part-time had the highest rate of volunteering (49%). For parents with school-aged children, those in a couple relationship had the highest rate of participation in voluntary work (55%). Sport and physical recreation organisations were the most common type that people volunteered for, accounting for 63% of volunteering fathers and 47% of volunteering mothers with children. People over 65 most commonly volunteered for welfare and community organisations (37%). Volunteering runs in the family - 66% of volunteers reported that their parents had undertaken voluntary work and volunteers were more likely to have participated in group or community activities as a child. As well as volunteering through organisations, 64% of volunteers had also provided informal assistance in the last 4 weeks to people outside of their household, such as relatives, friends and neighbours. Volunteers were also more likely than non-volunteers to provide care to someone with a disability, long-term health condition or problems with old age (27% compared to 17% for non-volunteers). Further details are available in Voluntary Work, Australia, 2010 (cat. no. 4441.0), available free of charge on the ABS website. Media note:
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