7.1% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Auburn · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Auburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Less than 8% of people in Auburn volunteer their time, meaning most residents do not participate in formal unpaid community work. This level of engagement is among the lowest for similar areas, falling well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.1% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% national average. This rate has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are much less common here than in most areas. Only 19.9% of people care for children unpaid, and just 7.9% provide any form of unpaid care, both of which are well below New South Wales figures.
7.9% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.5%. This is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.5%
Lower than 99% 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 Auburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12501/auburn/topic/community