24.8% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Collector · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Collector
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Collector than across the rest of the country. Nearly a quarter of the population gives their time to others, marking the area as exceptionally active in community service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.8% of residents volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 32.9% of people providing unpaid childcare, well above the 26.3% national figure. While 25.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, those providing other types of unpaid care are slightly less common than in most areas at 10.1%.
10.1% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
A much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to similar areas, with 5.2% of the population having served.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Collector [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10972/collector/topic/community