17.1% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glebe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glebe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual lend a hand in the community in Glebe, where 17.1% of residents volunteer. This is well above the New South Wales figure, showing a strong local commitment to helping out despite a much lower rate of unpaid domestic and childcare duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of people in Glebe volunteer, which is a little above the national figure and well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 14.3% of people care for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%, and only 15.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
10.1% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.3% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
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.
Defence service is lower than in most areas, with 1.6% of the population having served, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
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 Glebe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11645/glebe/topic/community