8.2% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cessnock · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Cessnock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 26% of people in Cessnock provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution in the area. While many residents help out at home, the number of people volunteering for community groups has fallen significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.2% of people volunteer their time, a figure that is much lower than most other areas. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and has dropped 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care than in most other areas, with 13.1% of residents doing so. This sits alongside a typical 20.9% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework and 26.4% caring for children unpaid.
13.1% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is roughly the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106011108/cessnock/topic/community