16.0% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elizabeth Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elizabeth Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do heavy housework in Elizabeth Beach compared to the rest of the country. While 16% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure, the area's most striking feature is the high level of unpaid domestic work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people here volunteer their time. This is lower than in most similar areas, though it remains a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household work is common here, with 34% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is far above the Australian figure. This is alongside a higher than usual 27.8% of people caring for children unpaid, though the 8% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
8.0% ▼ -59.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.0% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 34.0%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher 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 Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11399/elizabeth-beach/topic/community