16.0% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Helensburgh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Helensburgh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 35% of people in Helensburgh provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This strong focus on family care is a defining feature of the local community's unpaid work, alongside a volunteering rate that sits above the state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of residents volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas but still a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is very common here, with 34.8% of people doing so unpaid, well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. This is consistent with a higher number of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework (26%) compared to the rest of the country. However, providing other types of unpaid care is less common, with 11.5% of people doing so, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
11.5% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.8% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population, a figure that is about the same as across New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower 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 Helensburgh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11897/helensburgh/topic/community