10.4% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ellalong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ellalong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people provide unpaid care in Ellalong than in most other areas. While 33% of residents look after children without pay, volunteering is much lower here than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of people in Ellalong volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are common here, with 33% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25.3%. This is consistent with a higher share of residents performing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and more people providing general unpaid care.
13.9% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 26.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the state average.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Ellalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11401/ellalong/topic/community