13.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Chichester · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 13% of residents in Chichester have served in the Defence Force. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as having one of the highest rates of military service among similar places.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
At 13%, the share of people who served in the Defence Force is far above the 2.3% seen in New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
13.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Chichester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10899/chichester/topic/community