37.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alma Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Alma Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 37% of people in Alma Park volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit defines the area, which sees far more residents giving back than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37% of residents helping out. This is 24 points higher than the New South Wales average of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 21.7% of people provide some form of unpaid care—well above the national figure of 11.9%—very few are caring for children. In fact, 0% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far below the national rate of 20.7%.
21.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure slightly below the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
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 Alma Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10043/alma-park/topic/community