16.5% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elizabeth Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elizabeth Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Elizabeth Bay has remained steady, with a notable proportion of residents giving their time to others. Around 16.5% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%. However, the area is defined by a very low rate of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.5% of residents giving their time. This is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 8% of people care for children unpaid and 11.2% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are far below the national figures.
8.8% ▲ +20.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.0% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.2% ▲ +45.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Elizabeth Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11398/elizabeth-bay/topic/community