10.3% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Botany · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Botany
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Botany provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While many residents help raise children, other forms of community contribution are less common in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is common at 29.3%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. However, fewer people here do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework or provide general unpaid care compared to most other areas.
10.2% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 53% 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 Botany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10515/botany/topic/community