12.8% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sydney · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Sydney
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Sydney since 2011, with the rate falling 2.3 percentage points to 12.8%. The city is also marked by very low levels of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.8% of people in Sydney volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than in the state or nation, with only 11.7% of people caring for children and 6.5% providing unpaid care generally. Only 11.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, though this rose 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
6.5% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.7% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.5% ▲ +36.0%
Lower than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
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 less common in Sydney than in most other areas, with 1.7% of the population having served, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 86% 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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17200/sydney/topic/community