19.2% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cedar Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cedar Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Cedar Point provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family support sits alongside a strong culture of volunteering and a significant number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.2% of people helping out. This is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a figure higher than most areas—those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.9%) or providing other unpaid care (8.6%) are much lower than in most other places.
8.6% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to similar areas, with 5.4% of the population having served, well above the state figure of 2.3%.
5.4%
Higher than 85% 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 Cedar Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10870/cedar-point/topic/community