8.7% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Botany · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Botany
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Botany have spent time volunteering or caring for others since 2011. Only 8.7% of the population now volunteers, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower community participation is seen across volunteering, unpaid childcare, and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for similar areas, with only 8.7% of people helping out. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13% and has fallen 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas, with only 8.9% of people providing general care. Those caring for children unpaid (21.5%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (15.5%) are both well below the national figures.
8.9% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.5% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 2.0% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most areas. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.0%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Botany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11701/botany/topic/community