13.6% —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathfield - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Strathfield - West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Strathfield - West than in most similar areas. While volunteering rates sit around the national average, there is a notable amount of unpaid work happening in the home. This community shows a strong tendency toward caregiving, with 14.3% of residents providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for its level and roughly the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care, which is much higher than most areas. This is a little above the national figure, though the share of people caring for children unpaid (22.8%) is well below the Australian average.
14.3% —
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% —
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% —
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 0.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and a little below the state and national figures.
0.9%
Lower than 92% 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 Strathfield - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/120031681/strathfield-west/topic/community