0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Allandale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Allandale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stark gap in volunteering defines Allandale, where not a single resident recorded as a volunteer. While the area has a notably strong history of military service, overall community participation and unpaid care are much lower than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in Allandale volunteers their time, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 4.8% of people providing care, well below the 11.9% national average. About 23.8% of residents care for children unpaid, which is a little below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
4.8% ▼ -73.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Military service is much more common in Allandale than in most similar areas, with 5.0% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Allandale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10037/allandale/topic/community