19.7% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Deepwater · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Deepwater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Stronger than most similar areas, Deepwater is a place where residents are more likely to contribute their time to others. Nearly one in five people volunteer, and the area has a very high proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.7% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the proportion of people providing unpaid care is a little above the national figure at 13.6%, far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the rest of Australia. However, 25.0% of residents do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure.
13.6% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 very common in Deepwater, with 7.0% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for its area type and well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Deepwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11233/deepwater/topic/community