6.5% ▼ -33.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Argenton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Argenton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Argenton spend their spare time volunteering, with only 6.5% of residents doing so. While community service is low, many people here are focused on the home, especially those providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. At 6.5%, the rate is well below the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 14.2% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. About 25.3% of residents care for children unpaid, while 20.2% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
14.2% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
Around 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Argenton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10079/argenton/topic/community