5.8% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Smithfield - Wetherill Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Smithfield - Wetherill Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering and caring for children in Smithfield - Wetherill Park compared to a decade ago. Just 5.8% of residents now volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.8% of people here volunteer, a rate that fell 1.6 percentage points since 2011 and remains well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid care for others is a little above the national figure at 13.2%, the number of people caring for children unpaid fell 4.5 percentage points since 2011 to 19.9%. This is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
13.2% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
Very few people who served in the Defence Force live here, at just 0.7%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.7%
Lower than 96% 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 Smithfield - Wetherill Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127021519/smithfield-wetherill-park/topic/community