6.4% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Guildford West - Merrylands West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Guildford West - Merrylands West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Guildford West - Merrylands West have been volunteering and providing unpaid care since 2011. This is most evident in the volunteering rate, which has dropped to 6.4% and is now well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.4% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the 14.1% national average. This rate has fallen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 22% of people caring for children and 17% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Those providing any unpaid care sit at 10.5%, which is a little below the national figure of 11.9%.
10.5% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
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.
Defence service is among the lowest for similar areas, with 0.9% of the population having served. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 93% 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 Guildford West - Merrylands West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/125031484/guildford-west-merrylands-west/topic/community