7.8% ▲ +19.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Edmondson Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Edmondson Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people look after children unpaid in Edmondson Park than in most other areas, with 36.4% of residents doing so. This is a high figure that sits far above both the state and national averages. Other forms of community and service involvement in the area are generally lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.8% of residents volunteer their time. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 36.4% of people provide unpaid child care, only 8.5% provide other types of unpaid care, which is well below the national figure. About 21.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, a rate about the same as the rest of Australia.
8.5% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▲ +35.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 1.2%. This is a little below the national average of 2.8% and lower than most other areas.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 Edmondson Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11386/edmondson-park/topic/community