10.6% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
2147, NSW · Postcode
Community Participation in 2147, NSW
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011 in postcode 2147. This decline has left the area with a much lower level of community volunteering than most other places. Only 10.6% of residents now volunteer, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.6% of people volunteer here, a figure that is much lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children involves 26.0% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure. Meanwhile, the 10.8% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
10.8% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
A small proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 1.6% of residents having served. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 83% 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 2147, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2147/2147-nsw/topic/community