12.2% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chatswood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chatswood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Chatswood is marked by lower rates of community and unpaid work compared to other areas. Only 12.2% of people volunteer, and the proportion of residents providing unpaid care is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 12.2%, the figure is about the same as the New South Wales average but a little below the Australian rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.6% of people care for children unpaid—a figure about the same as the national average—other forms of home support are rare. People providing unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are much less common here than in most areas.
8.9% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 0.9%, this is lower than most areas and a little below both the state and national figures.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Chatswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10891/chatswood/topic/community