17.9% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cathundral · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cathundral
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 57.1% of people in Cathundral provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where a very high proportion of residents are involved in unpaid care and volunteering work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 25.0% of people providing care and 28.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the state and national averages.
25.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
57.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Cathundral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10857/cathundral/topic/community