7.7% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Homebush · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Homebush
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people in Homebush spend their spare time volunteering or providing unpaid care compared to other parts of the country. Just 7.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This pattern of low community participation extends across both formal volunteering and unpaid household support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is quite low in Homebush, with only 7.7% of people helping out. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and among the lowest figures for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Only 6.7% of residents provide unpaid care, and 15.2% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
6.7% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 2.2% of people in Homebush have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the rates for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Homebush [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11936/homebush/topic/community