8.2% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Abbotsbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Abbotsbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Abbotsbury spend their spare time on community activities compared to other parts of the country. Only 8.2% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend extends to other forms of unpaid work and service, including a low rate of Defence Force veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 8.2% of people pitching in. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little more people provide unpaid care here than in most areas, at 14.0%. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure, at 20.1%.
14.0% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 0.5% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality 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 Abbotsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10002/abbotsbury/topic/community