9.8% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warragamba - Silverdale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Warragamba - Silverdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Warragamba - Silverdale since 2011, but unpaid family work remains a huge part of life here. While 9.8% now volunteer, over 31% of the community provides unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011. At 9.8%, the proportion of volunteers is now much lower than most areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.9% of people caring for children and 27.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures. Meanwhile, those providing other unpaid care sit at 11.7%, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
11.7% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
About 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.2%
Lower than 68% 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 Warragamba - Silverdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/124031465/warragamba-silverdale/topic/community