Abstract
Key insights
• Volunteering participation in Australia generally declined from 2001 to 2020, corroborating analysis of data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ General Social Survey by Volunteering Australia.
• These declines in participation were most noticeable among Australians aged 45–60, women, and those without a university degree.
• Volunteers’ hours of unpaid work per week, however, were either stable or increasing with some fluctuations across the sample or sub-samples.
• Quantitative evidence also suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the provision of volunteer work in Australia.
• Volunteering participation in Australia generally declined from 2001 to 2020, corroborating analysis of data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ General Social Survey by Volunteering Australia.
• These declines in participation were most noticeable among Australians aged 45–60, women, and those without a university degree.
• Volunteers’ hours of unpaid work per week, however, were either stable or increasing with some fluctuations across the sample or sub-samples.
• Quantitative evidence also suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the provision of volunteer work in Australia.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Australian Capital Territory |
| Publisher | Volunteering Australia |
| Commissioning body | Volunteering Australia |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2022 |
Keywords
- Voluntary work
- COVID-19
- Trends
- Unpaid labour