13.9% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Asquith · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Asquith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Asquith participate in formal volunteering or defence service compared to similar areas. However, the area sees a very high level of unpaid family support, with 32.9% of people caring for children without pay. This is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is roughly the same as the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A very high 32.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, well above the national figure of 26.3%. While 24.0% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the 9.8% who provide other forms of unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.8% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 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.
Only 1.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the own New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
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 Asquith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10104/asquith/topic/community