14.8% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Erskineville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Erskineville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Erskineville provide unpaid care and housework compared to most other areas. While 14.8% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure, the area stands out for having very low rates of unpaid domestic work and caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of people here volunteer, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales rate and roughly equal to the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 7.4% of residents providing such support. Similarly, the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (14.0%) and those caring for children (17.1%) are both well below the national figures.
7.4% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.0% ▲ +32.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.3%, which is lower than in most similar areas and a little below the Australian average.
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 Erskineville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11442/erskineville/topic/community