16.3% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cherry Tree Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cherry Tree Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of service defines Cherry Tree Hill, where 9.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure, and it sits alongside a community that is more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and a little above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far more people provide unpaid care here than in most areas (18.4%), the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure at 20.4%.
18.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
The 9.3% of residents who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
9.3%
Higher than 94% 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 Cherry Tree Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10896/cherry-tree-hill/topic/community