16.7% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chatswood - Lane Cove · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Chatswood - Lane Cove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher rate of volunteering than the state average marks the community spirit in Chatswood - Lane Cove. Around 16.7% of residents give their time to volunteer work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. While local participation remains strong, it has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering is higher than in most areas at 16.7%, though this is a drop of 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a common unpaid role here, with 28.2% of people caring for children, a figure slightly above the national average. Meanwhile, 21.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, while those providing other unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 10.2%.
10.2% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
Defence Force service is uncommon in this area, with only 1.5% of people having served, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 88% 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 Chatswood - Lane Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12101/chatswood-lane-cove/topic/community