12.8% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elermore Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elermore Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people have served in the Defence Force in Elermore Vale than in most similar areas. This community shows a strong trend of local care and service, though formal volunteering is less common than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with 12.8% of people helping out. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Local residents are more likely to provide unpaid care for children than those in most other areas, at 27.7%. This is a little above the national figure of 26.3%, while 12.6% of people provide other types of unpaid care.
12.6% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 higher proportion of people in Elermore Vale have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.0%, this is a little above both the state figure of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Elermore Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11397/elermore-vale/topic/community