6.3% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton than in the rest of the country. Only 6.3% of residents give their time to community groups, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend toward lower community participation is seen across both volunteering and unpaid care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 6.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and has fallen by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most areas, with only 16.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. This follows a downward trend in childcare, where the 22.5% of people providing unpaid care for children is well below the national figure.
11.6% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.3% of the population. This is much lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
1.3%
Lower than 86% 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 Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116031313/bidwill-hebersham-emerton/topic/community