6.7% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Badgerys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Badgerys Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people contribute their time to community or home tasks in Badgerys Creek than in most similar areas. While military service is more common here, other forms of unpaid work and volunteering are notably low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.7% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in most areas, with only 15.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. Similarly, those providing unpaid care for others or children are a little below the New South Wales averages.
9.0% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% of residents having served.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Badgerys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10133/badgerys-creek/topic/community