14.7% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Howes Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Howes Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Howes Valley is marked by very low levels of unpaid caregiving, with only 4.4% of people caring for children unpaid. While a small number of residents volunteer, the area stands out for having far fewer people providing unpaid care compared to both the state and the nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here care for children unpaid, at 4.4%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This contributes to the overall low rate of unpaid care at 7.4%, though 25.0% of people still do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
7.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
4.4% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Howes Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11955/howes-valley/topic/community