13.8% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Green Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Green Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Green Point is very similar to the rest of the country, with about 13.8% of people volunteering. The area generally follows state and national patterns across unpaid care and defence service, showing no major gaps in how residents contribute to their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are lower than in most similar areas, though at 13.8%, the figure is about the same as both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 13.2% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. This is consistent with a slightly higher proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework compared to the rest of the country.
13.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Green Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11760/green-point/topic/community