17.4% ▲ +22.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenhill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenhill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained steady in Greenhill, where 17.4% of residents volunteer their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area also shows a strong commitment to looking after others through unpaid care roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of people giving their time. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 17.2% of residents doing so. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%, and 27.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the Australian average.
17.2% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Greenhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11769/greenhill/topic/community