NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS
The 2010 GSS found that over 6 million people, or 36% of the adult population aged 18 years and over, participated in voluntary work in 2010. Sport and physical recreation organisations attracted the largest number of volunteers with 2.3 million people (37% of the volunteer population), followed by religious organisations or groups (1.4 million or 22%) and community and welfare organisations (1.3 million or 21.5%).
9.1 Type of organisation volunteered for, By all volunteers
- 2010
![Graph: 9.1 Type of organisation volunteered for, By all volunteers—2010](/ausstats/abs@.nsf/bb8db737e2af84b8ca2571780015701e/f6423a501d5a8bbeca25796b00151b96/Body/0.410!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif)