Essential Report

Type of volunteering engaged with

Feb 25, 2020

Q. Which, if any, of the following types of organisations do you currently volunteer for?

		Age			Employment Status
	Total	18-34	35-54	55+	In paid employment	Not in paid employment	Retired
Organisations providing support services, such as volunteer fire services, animal rescue and other charities	16%	25%	11%	12%	18%	10%	13%
Sports clubs or arts-based organisations	14%	22%	10%	10%	17%	10%	9%
Volunteer organisations linked with schools (e.g. reading support)	11%	16%	13%	5%	16%	6%	5%
Organisations promoting causes, such as environmental groups, political campaigns	10%	18%	9%	5%	14%	6%	6%
Church or faith-based organisations	9%	11%	9%	8%	10%	7%	9%
Community organisations, such as Scouts or historical societies	9%	14%	5%	7%	10%	6%	10%
None of these	59%	44%	64%	66%	53%	71%	62%
Base (n)	1,090	341	374	375	592	243	222

41% of participants volunteer at one of the listed organisations – with organisations providing support services (16%) most frequently selected.
18-34 year olds, university educated and participants working in paid employment are more likely to volunteer for any listed organisation.
Capital city residents and those with dependent children are more likely to volunteer at an organisation linked with schools (13% and 18% respectively) or promoting causes (12% and 14%) than non-capital city residents (both 7%) and those without dependent children (7% and 8%).
Greens voters are most likely to volunteer for an organisation providing support services (27%).

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