12.9% ▼ -38.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Collendina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Collendina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Collendina has shifted over the years, with a notable number of residents now focused on family duties. Around 30.1% of people here provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average. While many focus on the home, other forms of community service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less frequent here than in most similar areas. At 12.9%, the rate is about the same as the New South Wales figure and a little below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Child care is a major focus for 30.1% of residents, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, those providing general unpaid care are much fewer than in most areas, at just 7.5%.
7.5% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 higher share of people in Collendina have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. This represents 3.2% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Collendina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10973/collendina/topic/community