13.9% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arcadia Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Arcadia Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual provide unpaid care in Arcadia Vale, with 30.1% of residents looking after children. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%. While many help out at home, local volunteering rates are lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common here, as 30.1% of residents do so unpaid. This is well above the Australian average, while 13.4% provide other types of unpaid care, a little above the national figure.
13.4% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 than in most areas have served in the Defence Force, with 3.5% of the population having served.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10074/arcadia-vale/topic/community