18.3% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Argents Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Argents Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in Argents Hill volunteer, making it a community where helping out is common. This spirit of service is seen in the high number of residents who have served in the Defence Force and those providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a significant part of local life, with 18.3% of residents giving their time. This is well 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.
Many residents handle heavy workloads at home, with 32.5% doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 14.2% provide unpaid care—a little above the national average—the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below Australia's 26.3% at just 20.7%.
14.2% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.5% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 32.5%
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 much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 4.5%, this is a little above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
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 Argents Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10080/argents-hill/topic/community