10.2% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Harrington Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Harrington Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid childcare than most similar areas define Harrington Park. While 35% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—other forms of community contribution like volunteering are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.2% of people in Harrington Park volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is very common here at 35%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. Meanwhile, 23.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, and 11.1% provide other types of unpaid care.
11.1% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.6%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 less common than in most areas, with 2% of residents having served, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Harrington Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11866/harrington-park/topic/community