18.6% ▼ -38.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Edith · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Edith
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Edith give their time to others, with 18.6% of residents volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. It is a place where community support and unpaid care are more common than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 14.7% of people providing support and 25.5% doing over 15 hours of housework. However, the 17.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.7% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▲ +39.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 Edith has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
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).
More for Edith
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Edith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11385/edith/topic/community