5.4% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenfield Park - Prairiewood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Greenfield Park - Prairiewood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 13.5% of people in Greenfield Park - Prairiewood provide unpaid care, though this is a little above the national figure. While some residents support others, the area sees very low levels of formal volunteering and child care compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.4% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This rate has fallen 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are a little more common than the national figure at 13.5%. However, those caring for children unpaid (17.8%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.1%) are both well below the figures for New South Wales.
13.5% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.1%
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.
A very small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.4%. This is among the lowest for similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.4%
Lower than 99% 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 Greenfield Park - Prairiewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127021517/greenfield-park-prairiewood/topic/community