0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flat Tops · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Flat Tops
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Flat Tops participate in community tasks and caregiving than the national average. While a large number of residents handle significant housework, virtually no one in the area is recorded as volunteering or providing unpaid care. This creates a striking contrast with the typical patterns seen across New South Wales.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in Flat Tops is recorded as volunteering. This is far below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children and others is non-existent here, which is far below the New South Wales figure. However, 42.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate far above the national average of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.9% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 42.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.0% of the population. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Flat Tops [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11535/flat-tops/topic/community