9.1% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Countegany · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Countegany
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Countegany than in the rest of the country, but unpaid care is much more common. While only 9.1% of residents volunteer, a striking 27.3% provide unpaid care, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is quite low here, with only 9.1% of people helping out, a figure well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, as 27.3% of people provide care—far above the 11.9% national figure. This is seen alongside a higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while almost no one here provides unpaid childcare.
27.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
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.
Defence service is lower than most areas, with 0.0% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Countegany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11089/countegany/topic/community