13.9% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Attunga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Attunga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Attunga has remained steady over the last decade, though unpaid family responsibilities are particularly high. A striking 31.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people in Attunga volunteer, a rate that is about the same as both the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure, consistent with the high 31.4% of residents who provide unpaid childcare.
12.0% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
Defence service is found in 2.5% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Attunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10106/attunga/topic/community