55.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Elgin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Elgin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 55% of people volunteer in Glen Elgin, a rate that stands among the highest of similar areas. This level of community involvement is far above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. While volunteering is common, other forms of unpaid work and service are much less frequent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than half the population (55%) volunteers, which is far above the 13% seen in New South Wales and 14.1% nationally.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, no one in the area provides unpaid care for others, a rate far below the national figure of 11.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
No one in Glen Elgin has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian 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 Glen Elgin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11651/glen-elgin/topic/community