7.1% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Marys · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in St Marys
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in St Marys have stepped up to volunteer since 2011. Only 7.1% of residents now give their time to volunteer work, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This drop is part of a wider trend of slightly decreasing unpaid work and care across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 7.1% of people here volunteer, a figure that fell 2.6 percentage points since 2011. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits well below the New South Wales average of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. Meanwhile, those providing other unpaid care or spending 15 or more hours on housework are slightly lower than in most areas.
11.1% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 service is less common here than in most other areas, with only 1.5% of people having served. This is a little below the Australian average 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 St Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12405/st-marys/topic/community