11.0% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenwell Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenwell Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of former Defence Force members defines Greenwell Point compared to the rest of the country. While 6.3% of residents have served, other community activities like volunteering are quite low for the area. This creates a distinct profile where military service is common, but general unpaid volunteering is less frequent than in most places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national average at 17.9%, yet 14.1% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
14.1% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 6.3% of the population, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Greenwell Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11775/greenwell-point/topic/community