12.7% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Illawong - Alfords Point · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Illawong - Alfords Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26.4% of people in Illawong - Alfords Point provide unpaid childcare, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. While childcare rates are steady, there has been a notable rise in people taking on other unpaid care and housework. This contrast is sharp against a decline in local volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 4.8 percentage points since 2011 to 12.7%. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is matched by a rise in general unpaid care, which now reaches 14.1% of residents.
14.1% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
Only 1.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 79% 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 Illawong - Alfords Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/128021534/illawong-alfords-point/topic/community