11.5% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Allgomera · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Allgomera
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people perform heavy unpaid housework in Allgomera than in other parts of the country. While 35.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on chores, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.0% of people providing care—well above the Australian figure of 11.9%. About 24.6% of residents care for children unpaid, which is about the same as across New South Wales.
18.0% ▲ +122.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.2% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 35.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Allgomera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10040/allgomera/topic/community