16.7% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Artarmon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Artarmon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of residents in Artarmon provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a strong family focus in the area. This commitment to home life is paired with a high rate of volunteering and a lower tendency to provide general unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and a little above the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 29.9% of people providing this care, a figure well above the national 26.3%. However, only 9.5% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.5% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
Only 1.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Artarmon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10091/artarmon/topic/community