17.5% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grays Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grays Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Grays Point provide unpaid child care, which is well above the state and national figures. This community is very active in supporting others, with high rates of volunteering and household care. It is a place where residents contribute significantly to their families and the broader community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life here, as 26.4% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, alongside higher-than-usual rates of people providing general unpaid care and child care.
14.7% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower 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 Grays Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11750/grays-point/topic/community