7.5% ▼ -52.3%
Lower than 93% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chifley · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Chifley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 7.5% of people in Chifley volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This reflects a broader trend of declining community involvement in the region. While unpaid care for children is common here, overall participation in unpaid service and defence roles is lower than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Chifley has fallen sharply to 7.5% since 2011, when it was 15.7%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, with 27.7% doing so. However, other forms of unpaid work are less common; only 10.0% provide general unpaid care and 19.5% do over 15 hours of housework weekly.
10.0% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 65% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence service is uncommon in Chifley, where only 1.0% of people have served. This is a little below the 2.3% seen across New South Wales and the 2.8% national figure.
1.0%
Lower than 92% of federal electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Chifley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED108/chifley/topic/community