14.3% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Engadine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Engadine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Engadine than in the rest of the state. This is most evident in the high number of residents looking after children, which is well above the national figure. Other forms of community contribution, like volunteering and defence service, are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure and roughly the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 34.2% of people caring for children unpaid, well above the 26.3% national average. This aligns with a higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework compared to most areas.
12.6% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 25.9%
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 2.6% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower 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 Engadine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11425/engadine/topic/community