9.6% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
2017, NSW · Postcode
Community Participation in 2017, NSW
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in postcode 2017 engage in unpaid care and volunteering than in most similar areas. Only 9.6% of residents volunteer, and very few people here provide unpaid care for children or others in their home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for this level at 9.6%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a decline from 2011, when 12.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here; only 11.6% of people care for children and 4.9% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well below the New South Wales figures. Just 10.7% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
4.9% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.6% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.7% ▲ +31.1%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.8%
Lower than 77% of postcode 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 2017, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2017/2017-nsw/topic/community