5.3% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Emerton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Emerton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 5.3% of people in Emerton volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure. This suggests a place where residents are less likely to be involved in formal community groups compared to most other areas in Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 5.3%. This is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is lower than most areas at 22.6%, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much lower than most areas at 15.5%. However, the 11.6% of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the state and national figures.
11.6% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.5% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 0.8% of the population. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Emerton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11416/emerton/topic/community