7.5% ▼ -53.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greendale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greendale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Greendale provide unpaid child care, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This high level of family support contrasts with very low community volunteering. The area's social contribution is largely focused on the home rather than local organisations.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.5% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid home work is common here; 25.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the 20.7% national average. This sits alongside a high rate of unpaid child care, with 28.5% of people providing it.
13.4% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 25.7%
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, which is about the same as the rates 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 Greendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11765/greendale/topic/community