12.9% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Empire Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Empire Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid home and childcare set Empire Bay apart from the rest of the state. While nearly 30% of people here look after children without pay, other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering, are less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of people in Empire Bay volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Home life is busy here, with 29.6% of people caring for children unpaid and 27.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the New South Wales and national averages. About 12.5% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is slightly above the state figure.
12.5% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Empire Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11418/empire-bay/topic/community