17.9% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Allambie Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Allambie Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around the middle for most measures of community involvement, Allambie Heights is a place where residents are notably active in volunteering and family care. Nearly 18% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This contributes to a strong sense of local contribution across the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus, as 31.8% of people provide unpaid care for children, a figure well above the national average. This is consistent with 24.1% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is also well above the national figure.
11.4% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the rates seen across New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Allambie Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10036/allambie-heights/topic/community