6.1% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Edensor Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Edensor Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Edensor Park spend their spare time volunteering, with only 6.1% doing so. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest rates for similar areas. Local life is less defined by unpaid community work than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.1% of people here volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This rate is among the lowest compared to similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is much lower than most areas at 19.5%, well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. While 18.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, those providing general unpaid care sit at 13.2%, a little above the national figure.
13.2% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 0.4% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.4%
Lower than 75% 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 Edensor Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11380/edensor-park/topic/community