12.9% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ashbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ashbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few changes have been seen in how residents of Ashbury engage with their community since 2011. While volunteering rates are much lower than in most similar areas, a higher than usual number of people provide unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than in most other areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Ashbury, with 13.7% of people providing it, a figure higher than most areas. This is alongside 24% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the Australian average.
13.7% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.1% of people having served, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower 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 Ashbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10094/ashbury/topic/community