20.0% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Como · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Como
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more residents in Como provide unpaid care and volunteer than the state or national average. Over a third of the population look after children without pay, and 20% of people give their time to volunteer work. This high level of community support is a standout feature for the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common in Como, with 35.3% of people caring for children—far above the state's 25.3%. This is mirrored in the home, as 27.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
12.8% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.3% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Como [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10996/como/topic/community