FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE
Families consisting of a couple with no children aged under 15 years were the most common source of all volunteers (2.7 million or 44% of all volunteers). This was followed by families consisting of a couple with children aged under 15 years who contributed a further 1.9 million or 32% of all volunteers.
Persons who were part of couple families with children aged under 15 years were more likely to volunteer for sport and physical recreation organisations than persons who were part of other family types, with a volunteer rate of 23%.
Persons living alone had an overall volunteering rate of 31% and represented 11% of all volunteers. While this household type contributed 7% (158,400) of the 2.3 million sport and physical recreation organisation volunteers and 14% (524,100) of other organisation volunteers, they were more than three times as likely to be a volunteer for other organisations only, with a volunteer rate of 24%, compared with 7% for sport and physical recreation organisations.
4.3 Sport and Physical Recreation and Other Volunteers, By family and household type |
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 | | 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 |
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| Volunteers ('000) | | | | | | | |
| Couple family with children under 15 years | 368.4 | 593.4 | 961.8 | 987.0 | 1 948.8 | 2 178.2 | 4 126.9 |
| Couple family with no children under 15 years | 503.0 | 376.0 | 879.0 | 1 827.9 | 2 706.8 | 5 283.0 | 7 989.8 |
| One parent family with children under 15 years | *19.9 | 66.4 | 86.3 | 139.0 | 225.3 | 373.6 | 598.9 |
| One parent family with no children under 15 years | *52.4 | *60.1 | *112.5 | 171.6 | 284.1 | 583.6 | 867.7 |
| Other family(a) | **8.1 | **5.6 | *13.7 | *42.4 | *56.1 | 154.8 | 210.8 |
| Total family households | 951.8 | 1 101.5 | 2 053.3 | 3 167.8 | 5 221.1 | 8 573.2 | 13 794.2 |
| Unrelated individual living in a family household | **18.0 | - | **18.0 | **22.2 | **40.1 | *158.0 | *198.1 |
| Group household member | **14.7 | *23.4 | *38.1 | 102.4 | 140.5 | 464.2 | 604.7 |
| Lone person | 69.7 | 88.7 | 158.4 | 524.1 | 682.5 | 1 508.6 | 2 191.0 |
| Total other households | 102.4 | 112.0 | 214.4 | 648.7 | 863.1 | 2 130.8 | 2 993.9 |
| Total | 1 054.2 | 1 213.6 | 2 267.7 | 3 816.5 | 6 084.2 | 10 703.9 | 16 788.2 |
| Volunteers (%) | | | | | | | |
| Couple family with children under 15 years | 34.9 | 48.9 | 42.4 | 25.9 | 32.0 | 20.3 | 24.6 |
| Couple family with no children under 15 years | 47.7 | 31.0 | 38.8 | 47.9 | 44.5 | 49.4 | 47.6 |
| One parent family with children under 15 years | *1.9 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| One parent family with no children under 15 years | *5.0 | *5.0 | *5.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| Other family(a) | **0.8 | **0.5 | *0.6 | *1.1 | *0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Total family households | 90.3 | 90.8 | 90.5 | 83.0 | 85.8 | 80.1 | 82.2 |
| Unrelated individual living in a family household | **1.7 | - | **0.8 | **0.6 | **0.7 | *1.5 | *1.2 |
| Group household member | **1.4 | *1.9 | *1.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Lone person | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 13.7 | 11.2 | 14.1 | 13.1 |
| Total other households | 9.7 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 17.0 | 14.2 | 19.9 | 17.8 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Volunteer rate (%) | | | | | | | |
| Couple family with children under 15 years | 8.9 | 14.4 | 23.3 | 23.9 | 47.2 | 52.8 | 100.0 |
| Couple family with no children under 15 years | 6.3 | 4.7 | 11.0 | 22.9 | 33.9 | 66.1 | 100.0 |
| One parent family with children under 15 years | *3.3 | 11.1 | 14.4 | 23.2 | 37.6 | 62.4 | 100.0 |
| One parent family with no children under 15 years | *6.0 | *6.9 | 13.0 | 19.8 | 32.7 | 67.3 | 100.0 |
| Other family(a) | **3.8 | **2.7 | **6.5 | *20.1 | *26.6 | 73.4 | 100.0 |
| Total family households | 6.9 | 8.0 | 14.9 | 23.0 | 37.8 | 62.2 | 100.0 |
| Unrelated individual living in a family household | **9.1 | - | **9.1 | **11.2 | **20.3 | 79.7 | 100.0 |
| Group household member | **2.4 | *3.9 | *6.3 | 16.9 | 23.2 | 76.8 | 100.0 |
| Lone person | 3.2 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 23.9 | 31.1 | 68.9 | 100.0 |
| Total other households | 3.4 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 21.7 | 28.8 | 71.2 | 100.0 |
| Total | 6.3 | 7.2 | 13.5 | 22.7 | 36.2 | 63.8 | 100.0 |
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| * 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 |
| - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
| (a) Includes families where one of the family members is out of scope. |
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