16.1% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ellenborough · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ellenborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in Ellenborough provide unpaid support to others, which is a defining feature of the local area. While 16.1% of people volunteer their time, the most striking trend is the high level of unpaid housework and care performed by locals compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More people volunteer here than in the national figure, with 16.1% of residents giving their time, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Ellenborough, where 35.8% of people do at least 15 hours of housework—a figure far above the national average. This is consistent with the 16.8% of residents providing unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas, despite a much lower share of people caring for children unpaid (20.4%) compared to the state.
16.8% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▲ +18.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.8% ▲ +44.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 35.8%
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.
About 3.1% of people in Ellenborough have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Ellenborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11404/ellenborough/topic/community