18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Erigolia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Erigolia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people volunteer in Erigolia, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows high levels of unpaid support, with a significant proportion of residents providing care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 13.0% figure for New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is frequent, as 13.6% of people provide care and 27.3% look after children, both figures being higher than most areas. However, the 13.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
13.6% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Erigolia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11434/erigolia/topic/community