17.2% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
2545, NSW · Postcode
Community Participation in 2545, NSW
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people here perform unpaid housework than in almost any other similar area. Postcode 2545 sees 31.4% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks, a figure far above the national average. This high level of home-based work exists alongside a strong culture of volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 24.8% of the area volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far more people do heavy housework here than across Australia, though 18.9% providing unpaid childcare is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Unpaid care for others is a little more common than usual, involving 13.8% of residents.
13.8% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 31.4%
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.
About 3.2% of people in the area have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 2545, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2545/2545-nsw/topic/community