28.9% ▼ -31.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arding · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Arding
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement define Arding compared to most similar areas. Nearly 29% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 28.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of people providing care and 29.6% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures being well above the national average. Conversely, the 20.1% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
14.5% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
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.
A little more than the state average, 3.7% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Arding [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10076/arding/topic/community