5.9% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Austral · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Austral
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stark gap in community involvement marks Austral, where only 5.9% of people volunteer. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Very few people in Austral volunteer, with just 5.9% doing so. This is well below both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much more common here than in most areas, with 31.0% of people providing this care. However, the 8.8% of people providing other types of unpaid care is well below the national figure of 11.9%.
8.8% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 less common in Austral than in other areas, with 0.7% of people having served. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.7%
Lower than 70% 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 Austral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10110/austral/topic/community