21.0% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arcadia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Arcadia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Arcadia volunteer, a rate that is well above the national figure. This community is highly active in providing unpaid support, whether through formal volunteering or helping out in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.0% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a significant part of life for many, as 28.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Around 14.3% provide unpaid care, and 26.7% look after children without pay.
14.3% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the 2.8% national average.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Arcadia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10073/arcadia/topic/community