21.0% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
2804, NSW · Postcode
Community Participation in 2804, NSW
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in postcode 2804 volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. While volunteering has fallen since 2011, the area remains more active in community work than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21% of people here volunteer, a figure well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and 14.1% across Australia. This is higher than most areas, though the rate fell 6.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is lower than most areas at 23%, which is well below the national figure. Meanwhile, 13.1% of people provide some form of unpaid care, a rate that has barely changed over the last decade.
13.1% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
Around 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 51% 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 2804, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2804/2804-nsw/topic/community