32.3% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Downside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Downside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge proportion of people in Downside spend their spare time helping others. Roughly 32% of residents are volunteers, which is far more than the national figure. This strong spirit of giving defines daily life in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Downside are much higher than most areas. At 32.3%, the figure is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 20.2% of people providing help, which is well above the national figure. However, far fewer residents are tasked with unpaid childcare or heavy housework compared to most other areas.
20.2% ▲ +39.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.1% ▼ -58.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
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.
No one in Downside has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
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 Downside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11287/downside/topic/community