19.4% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arakoon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Arakoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and housework than most similar areas define Arakoon. While 19.4% of people provide unpaid care, the community also shows a strong spirit of service with high levels of volunteering and military history.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.4% of people giving their time. This is well above the figures for both New South Wales (13.0%) and Australia (14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high here, as 19.4% of people provide care and 29.0% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. Conversely, the 17.9% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
19.4% ▲ +31.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.5%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Arakoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10070/arakoon/topic/community