11.8% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Erina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Erina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care define Erina, where only 17.3% of people provide unpaid childcare. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, marking a significant gap in family support roles compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Beyond childcare, 10.4% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian average. Those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework sit at 20.8%, about the same as the state and national figures.
10.4% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
A higher than usual 3.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Erina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11436/erina/topic/community