17.0% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Centennial Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Centennial Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people provide unpaid care here than in most similar areas, though Centennial Park has a strong volunteering spirit. Around 17% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in this area, with 17% of people giving their time. This is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Only 19.2% of people care for children unpaid, and just 15.2% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the state and national figures.
9.7% ▲ +25.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% ▲ +32.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 1.9%, this is lower than most areas and about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.9%
Lower than 59% 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 Centennial Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10872/centennial-park/topic/community