9.6% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathfield · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Strathfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people contribute unpaid time to their community in Strathfield than in other parts of the country. Only 9.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below both the state and national figures. This low level of community involvement is seen across volunteering, childcare, and general unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped since 2011, with only 9.6% of people now giving their time. This is much lower than most areas and sits well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 20.4% of people caring for children unpaid. Similarly, only 9.3% provide general unpaid care and 17.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the national figures.
9.3% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 among the lowest for this level of area. Only 1.1% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) 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 Strathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17100/strathfield/topic/community