56.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greg Greg · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greg Greg
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than half of all residents in Greg Greg volunteer, placing the area among the highest for community participation. This strong spirit of giving is matched by a high rate of unpaid care, though very few people here are looking after children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 56.7% of people helping out. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for 30.0% of residents, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. However, only 10.0% of people provide unpaid childcare, a rate that is far below the national average of 26.3%.
30.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Greg Greg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11778/greg-greg/topic/community