7.6% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cessnock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cessnock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Cessnock than in most other parts of the country. Only 7.6% of residents give their time to volunteering, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This gap defines the community's participation patterns compared to the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 7.6% of people in Cessnock volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.4% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much lower than in most areas.
12.4% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.6% of the population, which is about the same as the 2.3% recorded for New South Wales.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10877/cessnock/topic/community