18.0% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Freshwater · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Freshwater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Freshwater provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This level of family support is a standout feature of the area, while other forms of community contribution and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is strong here, with 18.0% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.5% of people care for children unpaid—well above the national figure of 26.3%—other types of unpaid work are less frequent. This includes far fewer people providing general unpaid care (8.9%) and fewer doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.4%) compared to most areas.
8.9% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 in Freshwater than in other areas, with 1.7% of people having served. This is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Freshwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11572/freshwater/topic/community