16.8% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elong Elong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elong Elong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 30% of people in Elong Elong spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This high level of home-based work occurs alongside a strong local spirit of giving, with more residents volunteering than in most other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.8% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.3% of people provide unpaid care, those looking after children unpaid are well below the national figure at 21.2%. However, 30.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much higher than most other areas.
13.3% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 30.1%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
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 Elong Elong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11409/elong-elong/topic/community