27.7% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Anambah · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Anambah volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This community shows a very high level of unpaid contribution, from helping local groups to caring for family members at home.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than in most other similar areas.
27.7% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 38.3% of people caring for children—among the highest rates for this level. This is well above the national figures for providing general unpaid care (17.0%) or doing over 15 hours of housework a week (29.8%).
17.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.3% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 New South Wales figure 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Anambah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10053/anambah/topic/community