11.0% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Acacia Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Acacia Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid childcare define Acacia Gardens compared to similar areas. While 34.8% of people provide unpaid care for children, volunteering is much lower than in most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.0% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 34.8% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the 26.3% seen across Australia. This is alongside 23.2% of residents spending 15 or more hours on unpaid housework, while 10.4% provide other types of unpaid care.
10.4% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.8% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force at 1.1%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.1%
Lower than 67% 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 Acacia Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10014/acacia-gardens/topic/community