0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Amaroo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Amaroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty-two percent of people in Amaroo spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. While domestic work is common, other forms of community involvement and service are much lower than typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, with 0.0% of people volunteering. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, though the 11.5% who provide other unpaid care are about the same as the national figure. Meanwhile, 23.1% of people care for children without pay, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.3% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 42.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
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 Amaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10048/amaroo/topic/community