20.5% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chatsworth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chatsworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of volunteering defines daily life in Chatsworth, where 20.5% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Local residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people in other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.5% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for 20.5% of people, a figure among the highest for similar areas. While housework is well above the national figure at 24.5%, the 16.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
20.5% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.6% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -40.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Chatsworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10893/chatsworth/topic/community