25.1% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eraring · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eraring
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Eraring and the rest of the country when it comes to giving back, with 25.1% of people volunteering. This is far above the national figure and shows a strong local commitment to unpaid community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four people volunteer here, which is far above the 14.1% national average and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Eraring, where 35.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the national average. While 20.6% of residents provide unpaid care—well above the national figure—the proportion of people caring for children is well below the state and national averages.
20.6% ▲ +35.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 35.7%
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 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Eraring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11432/eraring/topic/community