7.7% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenacre · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenacre
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Greenacre than in most similar areas. Only 7.7% of residents do volunteer work, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a community with lower rates of formal volunteering despite typical levels of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.7% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 12.1% of people providing care, which is about the same as the national figure. Around 24.0% of residents care for children unpaid, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.2%) is much lower than most areas.
12.1% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.5% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.5%
Lower than 71% 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 Greenacre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11763/greenacre/topic/community