6.9% ▼ -38.3%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Erskine Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Erskine Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just over a quarter of residents in Erskine Park provide unpaid child care, the most common form of community contribution here. While many people help out at home, formal volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade. This leaves the area with a very low rate of community volunteerism compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.9% of people in Erskine Park volunteer, which is among the lowest for its area type and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when 11.1% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.5% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is a little above the New South Wales average. Meanwhile, those providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are seen at rates similar to the rest of the country.
10.7% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
Only 1.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 85% 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 Erskine Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/124051469/erskine-park/topic/community