20.3% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
2088, NSW · Postcode
Community Participation in 2088, NSW
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in postcode 2088 than in most other areas, with 20.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, other forms of community and home support are less common here than in similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.3% of people volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is a higher rate than most areas, though it has fallen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas. While 25.7% of people care for children unpaid—about the same as the national 26.3%—fewer residents do significant housework or provide general unpaid care compared to other similar places.
11.6% ▲ +13.4%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 here than in most other areas. About 2.5% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.5%
Lower than 63% 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 2088, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2088/2088-nsw/topic/community