19.1% ▼ -44.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Conargo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Conargo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Conargo volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit defines the local area, where residents are more likely to give their time than people in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—those doing 15 or more hours of housework are well below the state average at 11.2%. Unpaid care for others is also a little below the national rate at 10.1%.
10.1% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.2% ▼ -61.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Conargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10998/conargo/topic/community