15.2% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ashford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ashford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A modest rise in volunteering since 2011 defines community life in Ashford. Roughly 15% of residents now give their time to volunteer work, which is slightly more than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people in Ashford volunteer, a result that is a little above both the state and national figures, though lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 13.8% of residents helping out. However, the 15.2% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.8% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.2% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Ashford have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.6% of the population having served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
3.6%
Higher 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 Ashford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10100/ashford/topic/community