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  • Feb, 2020

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    Type of volunteering engaged with

    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%).
  • Feb, 2020

    Support for Government initiatives for volunteers

    Q. People have suggested a number of things the government could do to encourage people to volunteer more. How strongly do you support or oppose each of the following?

      NET: Support NET: Oppose Strongly support Somewhat support Neither support nor oppose Somewhat oppose Strongly oppose
    Allow volunteers to claim travel and other expenses from volunteering as tax deductions 69% 10% 29% 40% 21% 6% 4%
    The government reimburses volunteers directly for any out of pocket expenses from volunteering 60% 14% 25% 35% 25% 9% 5%
    Give companies tax breaks when they allow their staff to take time off to do volunteer work 58% 11% 20% 38% 31% 7% 4%
    • 69% of participants support allowing volunteers to claim travel and other expenses from volunteering as tax deductions, 60% support the government directly reimbursing volunteers for any out of pocket expenses from volunteering and 58% support giving companies tax breaks when they allow their staff to take time off to do volunteer work.
    • Greens voters are most likely to support giving companies tax breaks when they allow their staff to take time off to do volunteer work (70%) whereas, independent/other party voters are least likely to support that suggestion (47%).
  • Aug, 2013

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    Involvement in election campaign

    Q. Over the last few weeks, which of the following types of involvement have you had in the Federal election campaign?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Met one of my local candidates

    8%

    10%

    8%

    5%

    Received election leaflets in my letterbox

    55%

    57%

    56%

    66%

    Been door-knocked by a political party

    4%

    5%

    4%

    3%

    Been handed election materials in the street

    7%

    9%

    7%

    6%

    Had a phone call from a political party

    5%

    5%

    6%

    7%

    Been surveyed by phone or door-to-door (not online surveys)

    4%

    6%

    4%

    1%

    Seen TV advertising or heard radio advertising from political parties

    57%

    60%

    58%

    66%

    Watched interviews with politicians on TV or heard them on radio

    44%

    43%

    46%

    56%

    Read articles about the election in newspapers or magazines

    38%

    35%

    39%

    53%

    Been to a political meeting or event

    2%

    2%

    2%

    Seen election advertising on Youtube or Facebook

    8%

    11%

    6%

    12%

    Joined a Facebook group related to the election

    4%

    5%

    2%

    5%

    Done volunteer work for a candidate (e.g. letterboxing)

    1%

    1%

    1%

    1%

    None of these

    26%

    22%

    27%

    17%

    57% say they have seen TV or heard radio advertising from political parties, 55% have received election leaflets in their letterbox, 44% have watched or heard interviews with politicians on TV or radio and 38% have read articles about the election.

    Greens voters were more likely to watch or listen to interviews with politicians (56%) and read articles (53%).

    Older respondents tended to be more engaged with the election – of those aged 55+, 59% had watched or listened to interviews with politicians and 51% had read articles about the election.

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