10.9% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Avondale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Avondale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Avondale have stayed involved in formal volunteering since 2011, with only 10.9% of people giving their time. While community groups see less activity, there is a strong focus on the home, where many more people provide unpaid care than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.9% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is a priority in Avondale, where 28.7% of people look after children unpaid, a figure well above the New South Wales average. This is consistent with a higher rate of people providing general unpaid care (14.0%) and those doing significant unpaid housework.
14.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Avondale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10117/avondale/topic/community