11.8% ▼ -38.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elderslie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elderslie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of childcare define Elderslie compared to similar areas. While 35.1% of people provide unpaid care for children, volunteering is much lower than in most other places. This reflects a community where home and family duties take priority over external community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is low here, with only 11.8% of people helping out, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area sees a huge amount of unpaid childcare at 35.1%, well above the NSW figure of 25.3%. This is alongside 24% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national average.
11.7% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.1% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.3% of people having served, which is about the same as the state figure.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Elderslie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11394/elderslie/topic/community