19.4% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Ryde · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Ryde
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figures for community contribution, East Ryde is a place where many people give their time to others. Roughly 19.4% of residents volunteer and more than 30% provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a strong trend of local participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one in five people, or 19.4%, volunteer their time, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 30.9% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure much higher than most other areas. This is seen alongside 24.9% of residents doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, and 12.8% providing other unpaid care.
12.8% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.5%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11364/east-ryde/topic/community