4440.0.55.001 - Volunteers in Sport, Australia, 2010  
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FEELINGS OF SAFETY

Feelings of trust might also extend to feelings of safety in the community. While it is not possible to draw a causal connection between these concepts, higher proportions of volunteers felt safe in the community compared with those who did not volunteer.

Over two thirds (68% or 4.2 million) of volunteers reported feeling very safe at home alone during the day compared with non-volunteers (58% or 6.2 million), and nearly half of volunteers felt very safe at home alone after dark (49% or 3.0 million) compared with 42% (4.5 million) of non-volunteers. There was not enough evidence to identify any difference between those who felt very safe walking alone after dark in their local area (18% or 1.1 million) compared with 16% (1.7 million) of non-volunteers.

Sport and physical recreation organisation volunteers reported higher levels of feelings of safety than volunteers for other organisations only. While sport and physical recreation organisation volunteers and volunteers for other organisations only had higher proportions of people feeling safe at home during the day (77% and 63% respectively) than people who did not volunteer (58%), sport and physical recreation organisation volunteers had greater feelings of safety at home alone after dark (59%) and walking alone after dark (24%) than people who volunteered for other organisations only (43% and 15% respectively) and did not volunteer (42% and 16% respectively).

6.7 SPORT AND PHYSICAL RECREATION AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS, By feelings of safety walking alone in local area after dark
Graph: 6.7 SPORT AND PHYSICAL RECREATION AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS, By feelings of safety walking alone in local area after dark

6.8 Sport and Physical Recreation and Other Volunteers, By feelings of safety at home and in local area
Sport & physical recreation organisation(s) only
Sport & physical recreation and other organisation(s)
Total sport & physical recreation organisation(s)
Other organisation(s) only
Total volunteers
Not a volunteer
Total persons aged 18 years & over
Volunteers ('000)
Feelings of safety at home alone during the day
Very safe
809.2
943.1
1 752.3
2 411.8
4 164.0
6 243.7
10 407.7
Safe
219.0
241.3
460.3
1 198.5
1 658.8
3 743.4
5 402.2
Neither safe nor unsafe
**17.0
**7.6
*24.6
147.0
171.6
386.4
558.1
Unsafe/very unsafe(a)
**9.1
*21.5
*30.6
59.2
89.8
330.5
420.3
Total
1 054.2
1 213.6
2 267.7
3 816.5
6 084.2
10 703.9
16 788.2
Feelings of safety at home alone after dark
Very safe
628.8
714.2
1 343.0
1 651.4
2 994.4
4 517.5
7 511.9
Safe
349.4
396.6
746.0
1 642.6
2 388.6
4 408.2
6 796.8
Neither safe nor unsafe
*42.1
*45.0
87.1
237.4
324.5
832.7
1 157.1
Unsafe/very unsafe(b)
*33.9
*57.8
91.6
285.1
376.8
945.6
1 322.3
Total
1 054.2
1 213.6
2 267.7
3 816.5
6 084.2
10 703.9
16 788.2
Feelings of safety walking alone after dark
Very safe
249.4
289.3
538.6
585.0
1 123.6
1 728.5
2 852.1
Safe
399.2
453.9
853.1
1 143.5
1 996.6
3 231.7
5 228.4
Neither safe nor unsafe
*172.3
143.7
316.0
582.5
898.5
1 350.7
2 249.1
Unsafe/very unsafe(c)
233.3
326.7
560.0
1 505.6
2 065.6
4 393.0
6 458.6
Total
1 054.2
1 213.6
2 267.7
3 816.5
6 084.2
10 703.9
16 788.2
Volunteers (%)
Feelings of safety at home alone during the day
Very safe
76.8
77.7
77.3
63.2
68.4
58.3
62.0
Safe
20.8
19.9
20.3
31.4
27.3
35.0
32.2
Neither safe nor unsafe
**1.6
**0.6
*1.1
3.9
2.8
3.6
3.3
Unsafe/very unsafe(a)
**0.9
*1.8
*1.4
1.6
1.5
3.1
2.5
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Feelings of safety at home alone after dark
Very safe
59.6
58.8
59.2
43.3
49.2
42.2
44.7
Safe
33.1
32.7
32.9
43.0
39.3
41.2
40.5
Neither safe nor unsafe
*4.0
3.7
3.8
6.2
5.3
7.8
6.9
Unsafe/very unsafe(b)
*3.2
*4.8
4.0
7.5
6.2
8.8
7.9
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Feelings of safety walking alone after dark
Very safe
23.7
23.8
23.8
15.3
18.5
16.1
17.0
Safe
37.9
37.4
37.6
30.0
32.8
30.2
31.1
Neither safe nor unsafe
*16.3
11.8
13.9
15.3
14.8
12.6
13.4
Unsafe/very unsafe(c)
22.1
26.9
24.7
39.4
33.9
41.0
38.5
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use
(a) Includes the category Never home alone during the day.
(b) Includes the category Never home alone after dark.
(c) Includes the category Never walk alone after dark.





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