17.2% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Leichhardt · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Leichhardt
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines Leichhardt, where 17.2% of the population volunteers. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though the rate of volunteering has fallen slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most other areas, sitting well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is mostly focused on children, with 27.1% of people providing this support, which is higher than most areas. Meanwhile, the 10.4% of people providing other types of unpaid care is much lower than in most places.
10.4% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▲ +22.4%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.7% of the population, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
1.7%
Lower than 85% 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 Leichhardt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12002/leichhardt/topic/community