5.8% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
2194, NSW · Postcode
Community Participation in 2194, NSW
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in postcode 2194 are stepping up to volunteer or provide unpaid care than they were in 2011. This shift is most visible in childcare, where the number of unpaid carers has dropped by 5.5 percentage points over the decade. Now, only 5.8% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.8% of people here volunteer, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in most other areas. Only 17.6% of people provide unpaid childcare and 7.9% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well below the national figures.
7.9% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.5% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.5%. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.5%
Lower than 95% 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 2194, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2194/2194-nsw/topic/community