16.4% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heathcote · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Heathcote
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Heathcote provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a community with high levels of family and social support. Residents are generally more active in helping others and their homes than the typical person in New South Wales.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.4% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Support roles are frequent, as 29.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This trend extends to other duties, with 25.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 13.8% providing general unpaid care.
13.8% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as both New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11890/heathcote/topic/community