14.4% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Castle Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Castle Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Castle Hill than in other similar areas. This high level of family support is the main feature of community life here, while other forms of volunteering and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is a major focus here, with 28.6% of people doing so unpaid, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25.3%. This is reflected in housework, where 24.3% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on chores, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 11.5% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
11.5% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 24.3%
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, at 1.6%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Castle Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10846/castle-hill/topic/community