18.9% ▼ -24.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Girards Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Girards Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Girards Hill volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. This community is notably active in giving back, with 18.9% of residents volunteering compared to just 14.1% across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.9% of residents helping out, a figure well above both the New South Wales and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of local life, as 15.1% of people provide care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, the 23.2% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average.
15.1% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Girards Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11635/girards-hill/topic/community