14.3% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Adamstown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Adamstown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people have stepped up to serve their country in Adamstown since 2011, with 4.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits above the national figure. Other forms of community work, like volunteering and unpaid care, are generally in line with typical Australian levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people in Adamstown volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales rate and about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is slightly higher than the state and national figures at 27.0%, though those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much lower than most areas.
13.4% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas, with the 4.3% rate sitting above both the state and national figures.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Adamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10016/adamstown/topic/community