14.5% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 53% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sydney - Ryde · Region (SA4)
Community Participation in Sydney - Ryde
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of Defence Force service set Sydney - Ryde apart from other Australian areas. While 14.5% of people volunteer, this is a notable drop from the 20.1% recorded in 2011. Most other forms of community contribution here remain close to state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer, which is slightly above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this represents a 5.6 percentage point fall since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 25.9%, which is about the same as the national figure. Meanwhile, 10.5% of people provide other unpaid care, a rate that is lower than most areas.
10.5% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 51% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 1.3% of people in Sydney - Ryde have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 92% of region (sa4) 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 Sydney - Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/126/sydney-ryde/topic/community