7.1% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cecil Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cecil Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.1% of people volunteer in Cecil Hills, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This suggests a lower level of community participation compared to other areas across the country. Other forms of unpaid work and service also trend lower than usual here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas like this, with only 7.1% of residents helping out. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is lower than most areas at 21.4%, which is well below the Australian average. Similarly, 19.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure much lower than most areas.
12.3% ▲ +20.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.6% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.6%
Lower than 70% 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 Cecil Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10864/cecil-hills/topic/community