14.1% ▼ -40.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ashley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ashley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Ashley provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the national average. This high level of family care defines the community's contribution, even though other forms of volunteering and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure and a little above the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 32.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%—very few people provide other types of unpaid care, at just 9.3%. Roughly 20.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little below the state average.
9.3% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.1% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Ashley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10101/ashley/topic/community