7.3% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ambarvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ambarvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of people in Ambarvale now volunteer compared to previous years, with only 7.3% of residents giving their time. This community has a much lower rate of volunteering than the national figure. While formal volunteering is low, many residents are busy with unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.3% of people in Ambarvale volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 26.4% of residents looking after children, a figure slightly above the state average. Around 12.3% provide general unpaid care, while 20.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.3% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.8% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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).
More for Ambarvale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Ambarvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10049/ambarvale/topic/community