6.9% ▼ -38.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Erskine Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Erskine Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people give their spare time to community groups in Erskine Park, where only 6.9% of residents volunteer. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest rates for similar areas. Daily life here is more focused on home and family than organized community service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 6.9% of people helping out. This rate is well below the 13% seen across New South Wales and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is mostly focused on children, with 26.5% of people providing this support, which is about the same as the national figure. Other forms of help are less common, as the 10.7% who provide general unpaid care is lower than most areas.
10.7% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.3% of the population having served. This is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Erskine Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11441/erskine-park/topic/community