14.3% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Emu Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Emu Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Emu Heights has remained steady, with 14.3% of people volunteering. While this is lower than in many similar areas, it is slightly above the New South Wales figure. The area is mostly defined by a high level of unpaid care within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people volunteer their time, which is roughly the same as the national figure of 14.1% and a little above the New South Wales rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30% of people caring for children—well above the 26.3% national average. This high level of care is consistent with 14.2% of residents providing general unpaid care and 25.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly.
14.2% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
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 Emu Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11420/emu-heights/topic/community