5.6% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Auburn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Auburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people engage in unpaid work and volunteering in Auburn than in the rest of the state. Only 5.6% of residents volunteer, and the rates of unpaid care and housework are well below national figures. This creates a significant gap in community participation compared to typical Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very uncommon here, with only 5.6% of people helping out. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 8.0% of people providing such support. This includes a small number of people caring for children (18.5%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (14.2%), both of which are well below state and national figures.
8.0% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.2% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 less common here than in most other areas. Only 0.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
0.3%
Lower than 77% 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 Auburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10107/auburn/topic/community