13.4% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Glenwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Glenwood than in most other areas, with 30.9% of residents doing so. While many locals contribute heavily to home and family life, others are less likely to have served in the military compared to the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of people volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 17.2% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well above the national figure at 30.9%, and 24% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is much higher than most areas. In contrast, the 10.5% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than in most places.
10.5% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
Only 1.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most areas and a little below both the state and national averages.
1.0%
Lower than 91% 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 Glenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116021309/glenwood/topic/community