24.6% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greta Main · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greta Main
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Greta Main now volunteer, showing a strong trend of community involvement. This makes the area stand out for its high rates of unpaid help and a significant number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 24.6% of residents giving their time. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 19.3% of people providing support. While 26.3% care for children unpaid—about the same as the Australian average—far fewer people here do 15 or more hours of housework each week compared to the rest of the state.
19.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.0% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
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.
Defence service is very common in Greta Main, where 7.7% of people have served. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
7.7%
Higher than 91% 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 Greta Main [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11785/greta-main/topic/community