16.9% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenroy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glenroy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Glenroy give their time to others than in most similar areas. Around 16.9% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This community shows a strong tendency toward both formal volunteering and providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.9% of people helping out, a figure a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is high in Glenroy, as 14.7% of people provide this support, which is well above the state figure. This includes 27.2% who care for children, though the 19.2% who do 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most areas.
14.7% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.8% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Glenroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11682/glenroy/topic/community