6.8% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elizabeth Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elizabeth Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Elizabeth Hills provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care happens alongside a very low rate of community volunteering. It is an area where a large portion of residents are focused on home and family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.8% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rate for similar areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common here, with 34.4% of people providing it, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. In contrast, only 19.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little below the national figure.
12.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 Force veterans make up 0.5% of the population, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.5%
Lower than 71% 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 Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11400/elizabeth-hills/topic/community