14.6% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
2525, NSW · Postcode
Community Participation in 2525, NSW
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have stepped up to volunteer in postcode 2525 since 2011, with the rate dropping 5.4 percentage points to 14.6%. While community volunteering has dipped, a very high proportion of residents continue to provide unpaid care and housework. This creates a local profile where home-based support is much more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas. This figure is a little above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 30.1% of people caring for children, a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Similarly, the rates of people providing general unpaid care (13.5%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (26.0%) are both higher than in most areas.
13.5% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 80% 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 2525, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2525/2525-nsw/topic/community