9.5% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chittaway Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chittaway Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Chittaway Bay than in most other parts of the country. Only 9.5% of residents give their time to volunteering, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Other forms of community contribution, such as unpaid care and housework, are more common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 9.5% of people volunteer their time, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.4% of people providing this support, which is a little above the national figure. This includes 25.0% of residents caring for children and 24.3% doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, the latter being well above the Australian average.
13.4% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rate for New South Wales.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Chittaway Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10910/chittaway-bay/topic/community