7.5% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Harris Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Harris Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.5% of people volunteer in Harris Park, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in other forms of unpaid work and service across the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well below the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales average of 13.0%. This makes Harris Park one of the least active areas for volunteering at this level.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 6.2% of people providing care and 19.4% caring for children. Just 15.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well below the national average of 20.7%.
6.2% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.3% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.3%. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the national average of 2.8%.
0.3%
Lower than 76% 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 Harris Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11867/harris-park/topic/community