17.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Avoca · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Avoca
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Avoca volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This suggests a community where people are highly active in unpaid roles, though this contrasts with very low levels of former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of residents pitching in. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life for 15.2% of residents, which is much higher than most areas. While 25% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the 19.6% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the national average of 26.3%.
15.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
No one in the area reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10114/avoca/topic/community