11.3% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chifley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chifley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28.2% of people in Chifley provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most similar areas. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent, with a small proportion of the population serving in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 28.2% of people providing this care, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. Meanwhile, 12.4% of people provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.4% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▲ +11.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
Defence Force service is less common in Chifley than in most areas, with only 1.7% of people having served, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Chifley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10900/chifley/topic/community