27.9% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
2712, NSW · Postcode
Community Participation in 2712, NSW
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 8.8 percentage points since 2011 in postcode 2712, though they remain very high. While 27.9% of the community still helps out in their spare time, other forms of unpaid work and care have shifted over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Roughly 27.9% of people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 15.3% of people doing so, which is well above the New South Wales figure. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average at 19.9%.
15.3% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
A little more than the national average of people in this area have served in the Defence Force, with 4.2% of residents having done so.
4.2%
Higher than 79% 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 2712, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2712/2712-nsw/topic/community