12.1% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chiswick · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chiswick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents in Chiswick spend their spare time volunteering or providing unpaid support. While about a quarter of people care for children, the overall rate of unpaid care and community work is much lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is around the middle for its level. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.1%) and those providing general unpaid care (10.0%) are both much lower than in most similar areas.
10.0% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▲ +26.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 1.3% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national average.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Chiswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10909/chiswick/topic/community