20.9% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greenwich · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greenwich
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Greenwich volunteer, which is a much higher rate than most other areas. This creates a strong culture of contribution, with 20.9% of residents giving their time to help others. Other forms of community support, such as unpaid care and military service, sit closer to state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.9% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% recorded across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. Other forms of unpaid work are less common, with 11.4% providing general care and 22.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
11.4% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.4% of the population having served. This is about the same as the 2.3% in New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Greenwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11776/greenwich/topic/community