14.2% ▼ -40.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenreagh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glenreagh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong tradition of service and home-based support defines Glenreagh, where 4.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas, alongside a high proportion of people providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of people in Glenreagh volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 27.2% of people looking after children unpaid. The number of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is 25.1%, which is well above the Australian figure of 20.7%.
13.0% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -22.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 25.1%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 4.2% of the population, a figure that is much higher than in most other similar areas.
4.2%
Higher than 74% 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 Glenreagh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11679/glenreagh/topic/community