34.2% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Erudgere · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Erudgere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Erudgere is marked by a very high level of community contribution and unpaid work. About 34.2% of people volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas, with 34.2% of residents helping out compared to 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly half of residents (46.8%) do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, a figure far above the New South Wales average. This high level of home support exists alongside a higher-than-usual 31.6% of people caring for children unpaid, though the rate of people providing other unpaid care is well below the national figure at 5.1%.
5.1% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
46.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 46.8%
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 stronger connection to the military is evident in Erudgere, where 6.1% of people have served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Erudgere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11443/erudgere/topic/community