10.3% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Earlwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Earlwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 10.3% of people in Earlwood volunteer, which is well below the national figure. While community volunteering is low, many residents are active in the home, with more people providing unpaid care than in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care, which is higher than most areas. About 24.6% of people care for children unpaid, while 23.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.3% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 less common in Earlwood than in most areas, with 0.9% of people having served, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Earlwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11346/earlwood/topic/community