13.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenlands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Greenlands than in the rest of New South Wales. While volunteering is common, the most striking feature of this area is the high number of residents looking after children and other family members at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 19.0% of people providing unpaid care and 31.6% looking after children, both of which are well above the New South Wales and national figures. Additionally, 27.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate well above the rest of the state.
19.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
A little more people have served in the Defence Force here than in other areas, with 3.8% of residents having served compared to 2.3% in New South Wales.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Greenlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11771/greenlands/topic/community