17.0% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Neutral Bay - Kirribilli · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Neutral Bay - Kirribilli
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A drop in volunteer numbers to 17% since 2011 marks a shift in how people engage in Neutral Bay - Kirribilli. Despite this dip, the area still sees more people volunteering than the national figure. It is also a place where far fewer residents provide unpaid care compared to other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 17% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%, though the rate has fallen 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much lower numbers of people provide unpaid care here than in most areas. Only 17.6% care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%, and only 8.8% provide any unpaid care.
8.8% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▲ +31.9%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas. About 2.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 71% 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 Neutral Bay - Kirribilli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121041416/neutral-bay-kirribilli/topic/community