24.4% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Avonside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Avonside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Avonside than in the rest of the state. Nearly a quarter of residents give their time to others, which is far above the national figure. This spirit of community is paired with a high rate of people managing unpaid home and family duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.4% of people here are volunteers, which is far above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a higher than usual 28.5% of residents caring for children unpaid, though the rate of general unpaid care is about the same as the state average at 11.4%.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
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 Avonside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10118/avonside/topic/community