6.5% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Guildford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Guildford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Guildford have taken up volunteering or unpaid care roles compared to other areas. Only 6.5% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of community involvement extends to unpaid care and housework as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.5% of people in Guildford volunteer their time. This is among the lowest levels for similar areas and sits well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. Only 10.4% of people provide unpaid care, and the 16.2% who do 15 or more hours of housework is well below the Australian figure of 20.7%.
10.4% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 lower than most areas, with 0.6% of the population having served. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.6%
Lower than 71% 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 Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11796/guildford/topic/community