25.0% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Birchgrove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Birchgrove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has remained strong in Birchgrove, where a quarter of all residents now volunteer. This is far above the national figure, marking the area as a highly active community. Much of this participation is seen in unpaid care and support for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four residents (25%) volunteers here, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is common, with 29.1% of people providing unpaid childcare, well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. Meanwhile, 12.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national average.
12.2% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 2.0% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
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 Birchgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10373/birchgrove/topic/community