13.5% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alexandria · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alexandria
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people perform unpaid care in Alexandria compared to most other areas. While volunteering rates are typical for the country, the local community is much less likely to be providing childcare or housework at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is roughly the same as the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. Only 16.9% of people care for children unpaid, and just 7.2% provide general unpaid care, both of which are well below the New South Wales and Australian figures. Similarly, the 13.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is among the lowest levels recorded.
7.2% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.3% ▲ +29.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.6% of the population having served, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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).
More for Alexandria
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Alexandria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10030/alexandria/topic/community