25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Enmore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Enmore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service defines daily life in Enmore, where residents are far more likely to volunteer and care for others than those in most other areas. One in four people here gives their time to volunteer work, while the proportion of former Defence Force members is among the highest in the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Enmore, with 25.0% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life here, as 17.9% of people provide unpaid care and 42.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures are far above the national average. In contrast, the 21.4% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.9% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 42.9%
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 11.1% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
11.1%
Higher than 98% 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 Enmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11427/enmore/topic/community