14.0% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ellis Lane · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ellis Lane
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Ellis Lane now spend their time on unpaid family duties compared to previous years. While volunteering levels are typical for the region, there is a very high rate of residents performing unpaid childcare and housework. These family commitments stand out as the main way people contribute to their community here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of residents volunteer their time, which is a figure that sits about the same as both the New South Wales and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 31.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 31% caring for children, both far above the national figures. In contrast, only 10% of the population provides other types of unpaid care, which is a little below the typical Australian rate.
10.0% ▼ -34.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 31.1%
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.
A higher proportion of residents here have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.2% of the population having served.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Ellis Lane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11408/ellis-lane/topic/community