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Volunteering in Northern

Ireland: Findings from the

Census 2011

By Meta Zimmeck

2018

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BACKGROUND

This report is one of a suite of reports commissioned by Volunteer Now as part of a legacy

project for Building Change Trust. The reports provide an overview of academic and statistical

research about volunteering in Northern Ireland from 1995 to date. They provide an evidence

base for organisations involving volunteers to plan their work and for government in supporting

volunteers.

INTRODUCTION

The Northern Ireland Census 2011 included a question on ‘voluntary work’:

Q28: ‘In the past year, have you helped with, or carried out any voluntary work

without pay?’

While this may not be the best question about volunteering ever asked on a survey, it has

produced some of the best answers – in terms of high-quality information on the

demographic characteristics of volunteers and their geographical distribution, particularly in

new local councils.

This report is a secondary analysis of data tables produced by the Northern Ireland Statistics

and Research Agency (NISRA), some of which were publicly available and some of which

have been created especially for this project. We are most grateful to officers of NISRA for

their generous help.

The information set out below is based on counts of responses and has not been tested for

statistical significance.

This report sets out three types of information:

• Headline participation rates for volunteers (those who ‘carried out voluntary work’) as

a proportion of the population (‘all usual residents aged 16 and over’)

• Participation rates for volunteers for each demographic characteristic

• Participation rates for volunteers in each of the new local councils.

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CONTENTS

: Headline Volunteering.

Page 4: Volunteering by age.

Page 9: Volunteering by age and sex.

Page 16: Volunteering by ethnic group.

Page 20: Volunteering by religion.

Page 29: Volunteering by health and disability.

Page 38: Volunteering by highest level of qualifications.

Page 49: Volunteering by economic activity.

Page 63: Volunteering by National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC).

Page 75: Volunteering by marital/civil status.

Page 84: Volunteering by dependent children.

Page 93: Volunteering by provision of unpaid care.

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1. Headline volunteering

In Northern Ireland, 15% of all usual residents aged 16 and over volunteered in the last

year. Prior to March (2011) rates of volunteering were highest in Fermanagh and Omagh

and lowest in Antrim and Newtownabbey; Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon; Derry and

Strabane; and Mid Ulster; with those in Belfast; Causeway Coast and Glens; Mid and

East Antrim and Newry, Mourne and Down about average for the country as a whole.

Figure 1.1: People who volunteered as a proportion of all usual residents aged 16 and

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over N = 1,431,540; all volunteers aged 16 and over N = 213,851 Source: Tables LC6101NI and CT0224NI

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2. Volunteering by age

‘Age’ is people’s age at their last birthday.

People aged 16 to 24 volunteered at the highest rate; and those aged 75 and over, at the

lowest. People aged 25 to 34 volunteered at a much lower rate than those aged 16 to 24.

The rates for those aged 25 to 34 and over curved up and then down, with a mini-peak

for those aged 45 to 54.

The largest variations in the rates of volunteering by age among local councils were for

those aged 45 to 54, 55 to 64 and 65 to 74; and the smallest, for those aged 75 and over.

People aged 16 to 24 living in Belfast and Lisburn and Castlereagh had the highest rate

of volunteering; and those living in Mid Ulster, the lowest. People aged 25 to 34 living in

Belfast had the highest rate; and those living in Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon; Derry

and Strabane; and Mid Ulster, the lowest. People aged 35 to 44 living in Fermanagh and

Omagh had the highest rate; and those living in Derry and Strabane, the lowest. People

aged 45 to 54 living in Fermanagh and Omagh had the highest rate; and those living in

Belfast and Derry and Strabane, the lowest. People aged 55 to 64 living in Fermanagh

and Omagh and Lisburn and Castlereagh had the highest rate; and those living in Derry

and Strabane, the lowest. People aged 65 to 74 living in Ards and North Down and

Lisburn and Castlereagh had the highest rate; and those living in Derry and Strabane,

the lowest. Finally, people aged 75 and over living in Ards and North Down; Lisburn and

Castlereagh; and Newry, Mourne and Down had the highest rate; and those living in

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon and Mid Ulster, the lowest.

Figure 2.1 People who volunteered as a proportion of all usual residents aged 16 and

over, by age, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over N = 1,431,540; all volunteers aged 16 and over N = 213,851 Source: Tables LC6101NI and CT0224NI

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Figure 2.2: People aged 16 to 24 who volunteered as a proportion of all usual

residents aged 16 and over, by local council, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16-24 N = 227,634; all volunteers aged 16-24 N = 43,284 Source: Tables LC6101NI and CT0224NI




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3. Volunteering by age and sex

Women had a higher rate of volunteering than men. This was the case in all local

councils and in all age bands except for people aged 65 to 74 in Armagh, Banbridge and

Craigavon; Causeway Coast and Glens; and Derry and Strabane; and for people aged

75 and over.

Women’s rate of volunteering was highest in Fermanagh and Omagh; and lowest in

Derry and Strabane. Men’s rate was highest in Ards and North Down, Fermanagh and

Omagh, and Lisburn and Castlereagh; and lowest in Antrim and Newtownabbey;

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon; Derry and Strabane; and Mid Ulster.

The gap between women’s rate of volunteering and men’s was largest in Fermanagh and

Omagh and smallest in Belfast and Derry and Strabane; and it was largest for those

aged 16 to 24 (especially in Fermanagh and Omagh; Mid Ulster and Newry, Mourne and

Down).

Figure 3.1: People who volunteered as a proportion of all usual residents aged 16 and over, by age and sex, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual women residents aged 16 and over N = 738,609; all women volunteers aged 16 and over N = 117,066; all men residents aged 16 and over N = 692,931; all men volunteers aged 16 and over N = 96,785 Source: Tables LC6101NI and CT0224NI

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Figure 3.2: Women and men who volunteered as a proportion of all usual residents aged 16 and over, by local council, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual women residents aged 16 and over N = 738,609; all women volunteers aged 16 and over N = 117,066; all men residents aged 16 and over N = 692,931; all men volunteers aged 16 and over N = 96,785 Source: Tables LC6101NI and CT0224NI Figure 3.3: People who volunteered in Antrim and Newtownabbey as a proportion of

all usual residents aged 16 and over, by age and sex, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over N = 109,271; all volunteers aged 16 and over N = 15,625 Source: Table CT0224NI

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over N = 126,945; all volunteers aged 16 and over N = 20,115 Source: Table CT0224NI Figure 3.5: People who volunteered in Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon as a

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Figure 3.6: People who volunteered in Belfast as a proportion of all usual residents

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over N = 269,654; all volunteers aged 16 and over N = 40,046 Source: Table CT0224NI Figure 3.7: People who volunteered in Causeway Coast and Glens as a proportion of



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Figure 3.8: People who volunteered in Derry and Strabane as a proportion of all usual

residents aged 16 and over, by age and sex, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over N = 114,683; all volunteers aged 16 and over N = 15,500 Source: Table CT0224NI Figure 3.9: People who volunteered in Fermanagh and Omagh as a proportion of all



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Figure 3.12: People who volunteered in Mid Ulster as a proportion of all usual

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4. Volunteering by ethnic group

The population of Northern Ireland is ethnically homogeneous. Only 1.5% of the

population is non-White – a total of only 21,583 people aged 16 and over. These were

unevenly spread across local councils, with, on the one hand, the largest concentrations in

Belfast (one-third of the total) and Lisburn and Castlereagh and Antrim and

Newtownabbey (together around one-fifth of the total) and, on the other hand, the smallest

concentrations in Fermanagh and Omagh and Mid and East Antrim.

People from the Other, Black and Mixed groups had much higher rates of volunteering

than those from the White and Asian groups. Within groups there were some quite large

variations – between White people and Irish Travellers and between African/Caribbean

people and Other Black people.

There were also variations in groups’ patterns of volunteering among local councils. Asian

people had the highest rate of volunteering in Fermanagh and Omagh; and the lowest, in

Mid and East Antrim. Black people had the highest rate in Lisburn and Castlereagh and

Newry, Mourne and Down; and the lowest, in Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon. People

from the Mixed group had the highest rate in Belfast; and the lowest, in Armagh,

Banbridge and Craigavon. Finally, people from the Other group had the highest rate in

Fermanagh and Omagh; and the lowest, in Antrim and Newtownabbey.

We have excluded figures in cases where the cell size is less than 30. Given the small

numbers of respondents, particularly at local council level, the figures for non-White

groups should be viewed with a degree of caution.


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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over N = 1,431,540; all volunteers aged 16 and over N = 213,851 Source: Table CT0384NI

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over from the Asian group N = 14,305; all volunteers aged 16 and over from the Asian group N = 2,053 Source: Table CT0384NI

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over from the Black group N = 2,708; all volunteers aged 16 and over from the Black group N = 583 Source: Table CT0384NI

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5. Volunteering by religion or religion brought up in

People from other religions had the highest rate of volunteering, followed by Protestants1

and then, with the lowest rate, by Catholics and people with no religion.

People from other religions had the highest rate in all local councils; and people with no

religion had the lowest rates in all local councils except for Belfast; Causeway Coast and

Glens; Derry and Strabane; and Newry, Mourne and Down.

There were also variations in different religious groups’ patterns of volunteering among

local councils. People from other religions had the highest rate of volunteering in

Causeway Coast and Glens; and the lowest, in Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon.

Protestants had the highest rate in Fermanagh and Omagh and Newry, Mourne and

Down; and the lowest, in Derry and Strabane. Catholics had the highest rate in Ards and

North Down and Fermanagh and Omagh; and the lowest, in Armagh, Banbridge and

Craigavon. Finally people with no religion had the highest rate in Derry and Strabane;

and the lowest, in Antrim and Newtownabbey; Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon; and

Mid Ulster.


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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over who were from other religions N = 13,496; all volunteers aged 16 and over who were from other religions N = 2,585 Source: Table CT0388NI

Figure 5.3: Protestants who volunteered as a proportion of all usual residents aged 16

and over, by local council, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over who were Protestants N = 725,460; all volunteers aged 16 and over who were Protestants N = 115,029 Source: Table CT0388NI

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over who were Catholics N = 630,341; all volunteers aged 16 and over who were Catholics N = 87,801 Source: Table CT0388NI

Figure 5.5: People with no religion who volunteered as a proportion of all usual


Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over who had no religion N = 62,243; all volunteers aged 16 and over who had no religion N = 8,436 Source: Table CT0388NI

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Figure 5.7: People who volunteered in Ards and North Down as a proportion of all usual

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6. Volunteering by health and disability

‘General health’ is health in the twelve months prior to Census Day (27 March 2011).

People in very good health had the highest rate of volunteering; those in very bad health

had the lowest rate; and there was a clear downward trend between these end points on

the scale.

‘Day-to-day activities limited’ refers to ‘any health problem or disability (including

problems related to old age) which has lasted or is expected to last at least twelve

months’, and it has two levels, ‘a little’ and ‘a lot’.

As with general health there was a clear correlation between the limitation (or not) of day-

to-day activities and rates of volunteering. People who had no limitations had the highest

rate, followed by those who were limited ‘a little’ and then, with the lowest rate, those who

were limited ‘a lot’.

Among local councils the patterns of volunteering by limitation of day-to-day activities

were very similar, but there were some differences in scale. People with no limitations

had the highest rate of volunteering in Fermanagh and Omagh and the lowest, in Antrim

and Newtownabbey; Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon; Derry and Strabane; Mid and

East Antrim; and Mid Ulster. Those with ‘a little’ limitation had the highest rate in

Fermanagh and Omagh and Lisburn and Castlereagh; and the lowest, in Derry and

Strabane. Those with ‘a lot’ of limitation volunteered at pretty much the same rate in all

local councils.


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Figure 6.3: People whose day-to-day activities were not limited who volunteered as a

proportion of all usual residents aged 16 and over, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over whose day-to-day activities were not limited N = 1,076,918; all volunteers aged 16 and over whose day-to-day activities were not limited N = 182,472 Source: Table CT0385NI

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a proportion of all usual residents aged 16 and over, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over whose day-to-day activities limited a little N = 148,109; all volunteers aged 16 and over whose day-to-day activities were limited a little N = 20,090 Source: Table CT0385NI

Figure 6.5: People whose day-to-day activities were limited a lot who volunteered as a


Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over whose day-to-day activities limited a lot N = 206,513; all volunteers aged 16 and over whose day-to-day activities were limited a lot N = 11,289 Source: Table CT0385NI

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Figure 6.7: People who volunteered in Ards and North Down as a proportion of all usual

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7. Volunteering by highest educational qualification

There was a marked association between people’s achievement of higher educational

qualifications and their rate of volunteering: the higher the level of qualifications, the

higher the rate of volunteering. There was a substantial difference between the rates of

those who had the highest qualifications and those who had no qualifications (greatest in

Belfast).

Among people with Level 4 and above qualifications, those living in Fermanagh and

Omagh volunteered at the highest rate; and those living in Derry and Strabane, at the

lowest. Among people with Level 3 qualifications those living in Belfast and Fermanagh

and Omagh volunteered at the highest rate; and those living in Derry and Strabane, at

the lowest. Among people with Level 2 qualifications those living in Fermanagh and

Omagh volunteered at the highest rate; and those living in Antrim and Newtownabbey

and Belfast, at the lowest. Among people with Other qualifications those living in

Causeway Coast and Glens volunteered at the highest rate; and those living in Mid

Ulster, at the lowest. Among people with Apprenticeship qualifications those living in

Fermanagh and Omagh volunteered at the highest rate; and those living in Belfast, at the

lowest. Among people with Level 1 qualifications those living in Fermanagh and Omagh

volunteered at the highest rate; and those living in Antrim and Newtownabbey and

Belfast, at the lowest. Finally, among people with no qualifications there was very little

difference across local councils.

Among local councils variations in the rates of volunteering were largest for people with

Level 2 qualifications, Other qualifications and Apprenticeships; and smallest for people

with no qualifications.

Please note:

• No qualifications = no academic or professional qualifications

• Level 1 = 1- 4 O Levels/CSE/GCSEs (any grades), Entry Level, Foundation Diploma,

NVQ level 1, Foundation GNVQ, Basic/Essential Skills

• Level 2 = 5+ O Level (Passes)/CSEs (Grade 1)/GCSEs (Grades A*-C), School

Certificate, 1 A Level/2-3 AS Levels/VCEs, Intermediate/Higher Diploma,

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First/General Diploma, RSA Diploma

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ONC, OND, BTEC National, RSA Advanced Diploma

• Level 4+ = Degree (for example BA, BSc), Higher Degree (for example MA, PhD,

PGCE), NVQ Level 4-5, HNC, HND, RSA Higher Diploma, BTEC Higher level,

Foundation degree, Professional qualifications (for example teaching, nursing,

accountancy)

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Figure 7.2: People with Level 4 and above qualifications who volunteered as a

proportion of all usual residents aged 16 and over, by local council, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over with Level 4 and above qualifications N = 338,544; all volunteers aged 16 and over with Level 4 and above qualifications N = 88,448 Source: Table CT0386NI

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over with Other qualifications N = 61,205; all volunteers aged 16 and over with Other qualifications N = 7,120 Source: Table CT0386NI

Figure 7.6: People with Apprenticeship qualifications who volunteered as a proportion

of all usual residents aged 16 and over, by local council, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over with Apprenticeship qualifications N = 60,462; all volunteers aged 16 and over with Apprenticeship qualifications N = 7,068 Source: Table CT0386NI

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Figure 7.7: People with Level 1 qualifications who volunteered as a proportion of all


Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over with Level 1 qualifications N = 164,798; all volunteers aged 16 and over with Level 1 qualifications N = 18,501 Source: Table CT0386NI

Figure 7.8: People with no qualifications who volunteered as a proportion of all usual


Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over with no qualifications N = 416,851; all volunteers aged 16 and over with no qualifications N = 21,470 Source: Table CT0386NI

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8. Volunteering by economic activity

People aged 16 to 74 who were economically active volunteered at a higher rate than

those who were economically inactive.

Within these main categories of economic activity/inactivity there were wide variations in

rates of volunteering. Among the economically active, full-time students volunteered at

the highest rate; unemployed people, at the lowest; and self-employed people (full-time

and part-time), at a higher rate than employed people (full-time and part-time). Among

economically inactive people students again volunteered at the highest rate; and those

who were long-term sick or disabled, at the lowest.

Among local councils there were also variations in rates of volunteering. Of people who

were economically active those living in Fermanagh and Omagh volunteered at the

highest rate; and those living in Antrim and Newtownabbey; Armagh, Banbridge and

Craigavon; Derry and Strabane; Mid and East Antrim; and Mid Ulster, at the lowest. Of

people who were economically inactive those living in Ards and North Down and Lisburn

and Castlereagh volunteered at the highest rate; and those living in Derry and Strabane,

at the lowest.

Of employed people (full-time and part-time) and full-time students those living in

Fermanagh and Omagh volunteered at the highest rate. Of self-employed people (full-

time and part-time) those living in Belfast volunteered at the highest rate.

Of economically inactive people, who were students those who volunteered at the

highest rate lived in Lisburn and Castlereagh; of people who were retired those who

volunteered at the highest rate lived in Ards and North Down and Lisburn and

Castlereagh; in both case those who volunteered at the lowest rates lived in Derry and

Strabane. Of people who were looking after home and family, those who volunteered at

the highest rate lived in Lisburn and Castlereagh; and at the lowest rate, in Belfast and

Derry and Strabane. There were only slight differences in the distribution of volunteers

who were long-term sick or disabled.

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Figure 8.1: People who volunteered as a proportion of all usual residents aged 16 to

74, by economic activity, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 N = 1,313,420; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 N = 205,513 Source: Table CT0383NI

Figure 8.2: Economically active people who volunteered as a proportion of all usual

residents aged 16 to 74, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were economically active N = 869,767; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were economically active N = 148,050 Source: Table CT0383NI

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Figure 8.3: Economically active full-time students who volunteered as a proportion of

all usual residents aged 16 to 74, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were economically active full-time students N = 47,962; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were economically active full-time students N = 13,403 Source: Table CT0383NI

Figure 8.4: Economically active part-time self-employed people who volunteered as a

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were economically active part-time self-employed N = 26,759; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 economically active part-time self-employed N = 5,944 Source: Table CT0383NI

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Figure 8.5: Economically active full-time self-employed people who volunteered as a


Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were economically active full-time self-employed N = 89,907; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were economically active full-time self-employed N = 16,134 Source: Table CT0383NI

Figure 8.6: Economically active part-time employed people who volunteered as a


Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were economically active part-time employed N = 172,138; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were economically active part-time employed N = 29,583 Source: Table CT0383NI

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were economically active full-time employed N = 467,805; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were economically active full-time employed N = 74,678 Source: Table CT0383NI

Figure 8.8: Economically active unemployed people who volunteered as a proportion

of all usual residents aged 16 to 74, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were economically active unemployed N = 65,196; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were economically active unemployed N = 8,308 Source: Table CT0383NI

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were economically inactive N = 443,653; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were economically inactive N = 57,463 Source: Table CT0383NI Figure 8.10: Economically inactive students who volunteered as a proportion of all

usual residents aged 16 to 74, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were economically inactive students N = 81,158; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were economically inactive students N = 18,180 Source: Table CT0383NI

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were economically inactive retired N = 170,016; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were economically inactive retired N = 24,151 Source: Table CT0383NI Figure 8.12: Economically inactive other people who volunteered as a proportion of all


Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were economically inactive other N = 38,601; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were economically inactive other N = 3,987 Source: Table CT0383NI

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who volunteered as a proportion of all usual residents aged 16 to 74, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were economically inactive looking after home and family N = 58,398; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were economically inactive looking after home and family N = 6,100 Source: Table CT0383NI Figure 8.14: Economically inactive people who were long-term sick or disabled who

volunteered as a proportion of all usual residents aged 16 to 74, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were long-term sick or disabled N = 95,480; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were long-term sick or disabled N = 5,045 Source: Table CT0383NI

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 N = 100,388; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 N = 15,014 Source: Table CT0383NI


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9. Volunteering by National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC)

People who were in higher and lower managerial, administrative and professional

occupations and full-time students volunteered at around three times the rate of those in

routine occupations and those who had never worked/were long-term unemployed.

People in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations living in

Fermanagh and Omagh had the highest rate of volunteering; and those living in Antrim

and Newtownabbey, the lowest. People who were full-time students living in Fermanagh

and Omagh had the highest rate; and those living in Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon;

Derry and Strabane; and Mid Ulster, the lowest. People in lower managerial,

administrative and professional occupations living in Fermanagh and Omagh had the

highest rate; and those living in Derry and Strabane, the lowest. People in intermediate

occupations living in Fermanagh and Omagh had the highest rate; and those living in

Antrim and Newtownabbey; Ards and North Down; Belfast; Derry and Strabane; and

Lisburn and Castlereagh, the lowest. People who were small employers and own-

account workers living in Fermanagh and Omagh had the highest rate; and those living in

Derry and Strabane, the lowest. People in lower supervisory and technical occupations

living in Fermanagh and Omagh had the highest rate; and those living in Antrim and

Newtownabbey and Mid and East Antrim, the lowest. People in semi-routine occupations

living in Fermanagh and Omagh had the highest rate; and those living in Antrim and

Newtownabbey and Belfast, the lowest. People in routine occupations living in

Fermanagh and Omagh and Newry, Mourne and Down had the highest rate; and those

living in Belfast, the lowest. Finally, people who had never worked/were long-term

unemployed living in Ards and North Down had the highest rate; and those living in

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon; Belfast; Derry and Strabane; and Mid Ulster, the

lowest.

In all local councils except Fermanagh and Omagh, people in higher managerial,

administrative and professional occupations had the highest rates of volunteering. In

Lisburn and Castlereagh full-time students had the highest rate; and in Antrim and

Newtownabbey and Belfast they had the highest rates jointly with those in higher

managerial, administrative and professional occupations. In all local councils people in

routine occupations had the lowest rates; and people who had never worked/were long-

term unemployed had the second-lowest rates except in Derry and Strabane, Fermanagh

and Omagh, Mid Ulster and Newry, Mourne and Down, where they had the lowest rates

jointly with those who had never worked/were long-term unemployed.

Please note:

• The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) is a measure of

employment relationships and conditions. It is based on people’s occupations –

whether employers, self-employed or employees; whether in a supervisory position;

and the size of their workplace. It provides coverage of the population as a whole, as

it includes students, people in occupations not stated/not clearly described and

people not classifiable for other reasons. It is based on households, with the

household reference person defined as the person responsible for owning/renting

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and accommodation (and in the case of joint householders, the person with the

highest income; and in the case of equal incomes, the oldest person).

• All full-time students are treated as full-time students, whether they are economically

active or not.

• ‘Long-term unemployed’ people worked last in 2009 or earlier.

Figure 9.1: People who volunteered as a proportion of all usual residents aged 16 to

74, by NS-SEC, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 N = 1,313,420; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 N = 205,513 Source: Table CT0391NI

Figure 9.2: People in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations


Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations N = 97,470; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations N = 25,532 Source: Table CT0391NI

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Figure 9.3: People who were full-time students who volunteered as a proportion of all


Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were full-time students N = 126,867; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were full-time students N = 30,933 Source: Table CT0391NI

Figure 9.4: People in lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations


Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were in lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations N = 242,499; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were in lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations N = 56,782 Source: Table CT0391NI

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Figure 9.5: People in intermediate occupations who volunteered as a proportion of all


Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were in intermediate occupations N = 165,413; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were in intermediate occupations N = 26,133 Source: Table CT0391NI

Figure 9.6: People who were small employers and own-account workers who


Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were small employers and own-account workers N = 123,337; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were small employers and own-account workers N = 17,705 Source: Table CT0391NI

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were in lower supervisory and technical occupations N = 90,090; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were in lower supervisory and technical occupations N = 9,695 Source: Table CT0391NI

Figure 9.8: People who were in semi-routine occupations who volunteered as a


Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were semi-routine occupations N = 200,632; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were in semi-routine occupations N = 20,305 Source: Table CT0391NI

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Figure 9.9: People who had never worked and were long-term unemployed who


‘Long-term unemployed’ means that the last year people worked was 2009 or earlier Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who had never worked and were long-term unemployed N = 93,925; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who had never worked and were long-term unemployed N = 7,183 Source: Table CT0391NI

Figure 9.10: People who were in routine occupations who volunteered as a proportion

of all usual residents aged 16 to 74, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 to 74 who were in routine occupations N = 173,187; all volunteers aged 16 to 74 who were in routine occupations N = 11,245 Source: Table CT0391NI

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10. Volunteering by marital/civil status

People who were single and married/living in a same-sex civil partnership volunteered at

double the rate of those who were widows/surviving partners in a same-sex civil

partnership.

Among single people those living in Belfast and Lisburn and Castlereagh volunteered at

the highest rate; and those living in Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon; Derry and

Strabane; and Mid Ulster, at the lowest. Among people who were married/living in a

same-sex civil partnership, those living in Fermanagh and Omagh volunteered at the

highest rate; and those living in Derry and Strabane, at the lowest. Among people who

were separated those living in Ards and North Down and Fermanagh and Omagh

volunteered at the highest rate; and those living in Belfast, at the lowest. Among those

who were divorced/formerly in a legally dissolved same-sex civil partnership those living

in Fermanagh and Omagh volunteered at the highest rate; and those living in Armagh,

Banbridge and Craigavon, at the lowest. Finally, among those who were

widows/surviving partners in a same-sex civil partnership those living in Ards and North

Down, Fermanagh and Omagh and Lisburn and Castlereagh volunteered at the highest

rate; and those living in Belfast, at the lowest.

While people who were widows/surviving partners in a same-sex civil partnership had the

lowest rate of volunteering in all local councils, there were some differences in the

highest rates for the other types of marital/civil status. People who were single had the

highest rate of volunteering in Belfast and Lisburn and Castlereagh; people who were

married/living in a same sex civil partnership and people who were single had joint

highest rates in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Derry and Strabane and Lisburn and

Castlereagh; and people who were married/living in a same sex civil partnership had the

highest rates in the remaining local councils.

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over who were single N = 517,393; all volunteers aged 16 and over who were single N = 80,919 Source: Table CT0390NI

Figure 10.3: Married people and people living in a same-sex civil partnership who

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over who were married/living in a same-sex civil partnership N = 682,074; all volunteers aged 16 and over who were married/living in a same-sex civil partnership N = 109,891 Source: Table CT0390NI

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Figure 10.4: Separated people who volunteered as a proportion of all usual residents

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over who were separated N = 56,911; all volunteers aged 16 and over who were separated N = 6,092 Source: Table CT0390NI

Figure 10.5: Divorced people/people formerly in a legally dissolved same-sex civil

partnership who volunteered as a proportion of all usual residents aged 16 and over,

2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over who were divorced/formerly in a dissolved same-sex civil partnership N = 78,074; all volunteers aged 16 and over who were divorced/formerly in a dissolved same-sex civil partnership N = 8,961 Source: Table CT0390NI

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over who were widows/surviving partners in a same-sex civil partnership N = 97,088; all volunteers aged 16 and over who were widows/surviving partners in a same-sex civil partnership N = 7,988 Source: Table CT0390NI


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11. Volunteering by dependent children

As with people’s marital/civil status their household composition – that is, the presence or

absence of dependent children (‘a person in a household aged 0 to 15 [whether or not in

a family] or a person aged 16 to 18 who is a full-time student in a family with parents’) –

had an impact on their participation in volunteering.

Overall and in all local councils but Belfast, people with any dependent children in their

households volunteered at a higher rate than those who had no dependent children,

(although the difference in rates between those with no dependent children and one

dependent child was in some cases small); and the greater the number of children, the

greater the rate of volunteering. Belfast was exceptional in that people with no dependent

children, two dependent children and three or more dependent children volunteered at

the same rate and those with one dependent child volunteered at a slightly lower rate.

Of people with one, two and three or more dependent children in their households those

living in Fermanagh and Omagh volunteered at the highest rate; and, inter alia, those

living in Belfast, at the lowest. Of people with one dependent child those living in Antrim

and Newtownabbey, Derry and Strabane and Mid Ulster also volunteered at the lowest

rate. Of people with two dependent children those living in Armagh, Banbridge and

Craigavon; Derry and Strabane; and Mid Ulster also volunteered at the lowest rate.

People with no dependent children volunteered at similar rates in all local councils.

Please note:

• ‘People with no dependent children in household’ includes those living in communal

establishments.


and over, by dependent children, 2011 Census (%)

Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over N = 1,431,540; all volunteers aged 16 and over N = 213,851 Source: Tables CT0389NI

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Figure 11.2: People with no dependent children in the household who volunteered as


Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over with no dependent children N = 884,178; all volunteers aged 16 and over with no dependent children N = 124,939 Source: Tables CT0389NI

Figure 11.3: People with one dependent child in the household who volunteered as a


Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over with one dependent child N = 235,698; all volunteers aged 16 and over with one dependent child N = 35,024 Source: Tables CT0389NI

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Figure 11.4: People with two dependent children in the household who volunteered as


Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over with two dependent children N = 194,028; all volunteers aged 16 and over with two dependent children N = 31,993 Source: Tables CT0389NI

Figure 11.5: People with three or more dependent children in the household who


Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over with three or more dependent children N = 117,636; all volunteers aged 16 and over with three or more dependent children N = 21,895 Source: Tables CT0389NI

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over N = 109,271; all volunteers aged 16 and over N = 15,625 Source: Tables CT0389NI


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12. Volunteering by provision of unpaid care

‘Care’ is ‘any unpaid help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others

because of long-term physical or mental health or disability, or problems related to old

age’. The provision of ‘care’ may be considered to be a proxy for informal volunteering,

although on the one hand the definition of ‘care’ is wider than the usual definition of

informal volunteering, as it includes help to family members, and on the other hand it is

narrower than the usual definition of informal volunteering, as it excludes help for

reasons other than long-term physical health, mental health, disability or problems of old

age.

People who provided 1 to 19 hours of unpaid care per week volunteered at around twice

the rate of those who provided no care and those who provided 20 or more hours of

unpaid care per week.

Of people who provided 1 to 19 hours and 20 or more hours of unpaid care per week

those living in Fermanagh and Omagh volunteered at the highest rate; and those living in

Belfast, at the lowest.


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Figure 12.2: People who provided no unpaid care who volunteered as a proportion of

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Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over who provided no unpaid care N = 1,223,024; all volunteers aged 16 and over who provided no unpaid care N = 163,608 Source: Table CT0387NI

Figure 12.3: People who provided 1 to 19 hours of unpaid care per week who


Base: All usual residents aged 16 and over who provided 1-19 hours unpaid care per week N = 117,926; all volunteers aged 16 and over who provided 1-19 hours unpaid care per week N = 35,942 Source: Table CT0387NI

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Volunteer Now would like to thank Colin Rochester and Meta Zimmeck for their work on

these reports. We would also like to acknowledge the support or our funders Building

Change Trust. Volunteer Now would also like to thank the Research Advisory Panel for their

assistance with these reports.

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