BIRTHPLACE
Of the population aged 18 years and over, 40% (4.6 million) of people born in Australia undertook voluntary work compared with 28% (1.4 million) of those born elsewhere. Those born in the Main English-speaking countries had a higher rate of volunteering (35%) than those born in other countries (25%).
Those born in Australia were also more likely to be volunteers for sport and physical recreation organisations with 16% (1.9 million) volunteering, compared with 7% (347,000) for people born outside Australia.
In contrast, people born in Australia and in Main English-speaking countries were equally likely to volunteer for other organisations only with 23% of each group volunteering, similar to people born in other countries (21%).
4.9 Sport and Physical Recreation and Other Volunteers, By country of birth |
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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) | | | | | | | |
| Birthplace | | | | | | | |
| | Australia | 913.3 | 1 007.5 | 1 920.7 | 2 715.9 | 4 636.6 | 7 028.2 | 11 664.9 |
| | Main English-Speaking countries(a) | *86.6 | 111.1 | 197.7 | 394.2 | 592.0 | 1 111.8 | 1 703.7 |
| | Other(b) | *54.3 | 94.9 | 149.2 | 706.4 | 855.6 | 2 563.9 | 3 419.6 |
| | Total | 1 054.2 | 1 213.6 | 2 267.7 | 3 816.5 | 6 084.2 | 10 703.9 | 16 788.2 |
Volunteer rate (%) | | | | | | | |
| Birthplace | | | | | | | |
| | Australia | 7.8 | 8.6 | 16.5 | 23.3 | 39.7 | 60.3 | 100.0 |
| | Main English-Speaking countries(a) | 5.1 | 6.5 | 11.6 | 23.1 | 34.7 | 65.3 | 100.0 |
| | Other(b) | *1.6 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 20.7 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 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 |
(a) Includes Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, United States of America and the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. |
(b) Includes the category Inadequately described. |