12.9% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Emu Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Emu Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of people in Emu Plains provide unpaid child care compared to the state average. While 27.1% of residents look after children without pay, the area sees much lower levels of general volunteering than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales average of 13.0% and a little below the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here look after children unpaid (27.1%) than in most other areas, which is a little above the state average. This sits alongside 23.4% of residents doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, a figure slightly above the national average.
11.9% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11421/emu-plains/topic/community