9.8% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in East Hills provide unpaid childcare, though overall community involvement is low. This area has a lower rate of volunteering and defence service compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 23.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a rate well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 21.8% do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
11.2% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 East Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11354/east-hills/topic/community