7.3% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heatherbrae · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Heatherbrae
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, with 4.7% of the Heatherbrae population having this experience. However, the area shows very low levels of other types of community involvement, particularly in volunteering and unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.3% of people here volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than elsewhere; only 16.8% care for children unpaid and 13.5% do 15 or more hours of housework. Meanwhile, 11.6% provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.6% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.5% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 a standout feature of the area, with 4.7% of people having served, which is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Heatherbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11891/heatherbrae/topic/community