13.5% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Leonards - Naremburn · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in St Leonards - Naremburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in St Leonards - Naremburn than in most other areas. While volunteering is common, the community is marked by very low rates of unpaid care for the elderly or disabled and lower than average numbers of former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people volunteer here, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 17.2% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas; only 7.2% of people provide this support, which is well below the New South Wales figure. Similarly, the 18.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the state average.
7.2% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▲ +20.3%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 1.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national average.
1.6%
Lower than 80% 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 St Leonards - Naremburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121011401/st-leonards-naremburn/topic/community