20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Appleby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Appleby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five residents in Appleby volunteer, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high level of community spirit stands out as the most striking feature of local participation. Other forms of unpaid work and service are generally less common here than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A high 20.0% of people in Appleby volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.7% of people provide unpaid child care, which is about the same as the national figure, other unpaid work is rare. Only 10.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, a rate far below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Appleby has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate 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 Appleby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10066/appleby/topic/community