24.6% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Finley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Finley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong tradition of helping out defines Finley, where volunteering rates have remained high over time. About 25% of people here give their time to others, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteerism is very high in Finley, with 24.6% of people volunteering. This is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.0% of people provide some form of unpaid care, only 20.9% care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. About 20.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week.
13.0% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 common here, with 2.3% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Finley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11523/finley/topic/community