6.6% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chester Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chester Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Chester Hill engage in unpaid community or household work compared to similar areas. Only 6.6% of people volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this type, with only 6.6% of people helping out, which is well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here take on unpaid roles, with only 10.2% providing unpaid care. This is lower than most areas, and the proportion of people caring for children (20.9%) is well below the New South Wales figure of 25.3%.
10.2% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 0.9% of the population, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
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 Chester Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10898/chester-hill/topic/community