19.6% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ashby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ashby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Ashby do heavy unpaid housework than in most other areas, with 34.6% of residents spending 15 hours or more a week on these tasks. This high level of home-based work is seen alongside a strong local spirit of volunteering and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 16.4% of people provide unpaid care—well above the national figure—far fewer residents provide unpaid childcare compared to most areas, at just 18.2%.
16.4% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.6% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 34.6%
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.
Military service is common here, with 4.3% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Ashby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10095/ashby/topic/community