16.8% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cordeaux Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cordeaux Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Cordeaux Heights, where 17.5% of people provide unpaid care for others. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%. Residents are generally more active in supporting others and their community than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people in Cordeaux Heights volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Cordeaux Heights sees much higher levels of unpaid work than most areas. This includes 30.1% of people caring for children unpaid and 26.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, both of which are well above national figures.
17.5% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
Only 1.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most other areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Cordeaux Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11070/cordeaux-heights/topic/community