0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Home Rule · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Home Rule
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of people in Home Rule engage in typical community support activities, though military service is notably common. Only 7.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in Home Rule reported volunteering, a figure that is far below both the New South Wales and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 7.1% of people providing unpaid care and just 11.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
7.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.1% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.9% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 7.1% of the population, which is well above the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Home Rule [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11935/home-rule/topic/community