16.2% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Apple Tree Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Apple Tree Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Apple Tree Flat provide unpaid childcare, which is a much higher rate than most other similar areas. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid care and volunteering, while having almost no history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 21.6% of people providing care—far above the state figure of 11.5%. This is largely driven by childcare, as 35.1% of residents care for children unpaid, which is well above the national average.
21.6% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
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 Apple Tree Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10065/apple-tree-flat/topic/community