19.7% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Avoca Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Avoca Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Avoca Beach provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most other areas. This strong commitment to family care is mirrored by a high rate of community involvement and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.7% of residents helping out, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very frequent at 31.4%, which helps explain why the 28.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is 12.3%, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
12.3% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 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 Avoca Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10115/avoca-beach/topic/community