17.7% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Backmede · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Backmede
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people contribute their time to others in Backmede than in most similar areas. Local residents are notably active, with 17.7% volunteering and a high proportion of people providing unpaid care for children or others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well above the national figure, with 17.7% of people in Backmede giving their time to community work.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 32.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, which is far above the New South Wales figure. This is alongside a high rate of people providing care for children (27.7%) or other people (18.5%).
18.5% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 32.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 3.0% of the population having done so, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Backmede [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10131/backmede/topic/community