34.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ellerslie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ellerslie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 34.5% of people volunteer in Ellerslie, leaving a huge gap between this area and the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than those in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 34.5% of residents helping out. This is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% average for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very high at 37.9%, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. However, people providing other types of unpaid care are a little below the state average at 10.3%.
10.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.9% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
No one in this area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Ellerslie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11405/ellerslie/topic/community