25.7% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ilarwill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ilarwill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Ilarwill volunteer their time, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most of Australia. This strong spirit of service is matched by a high rate of unpaid care and household work within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.7% of residents volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%. This level of participation is much higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 38.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—a figure far above the national 20.7%. Additionally, 16.8% provide unpaid care, which is well above the Australian average of 11.9%.
16.8% ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▲ +11.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.7% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 38.7%
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.
A higher than usual number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 4.1% of the population having served, slightly above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Ilarwill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11978/ilarwill/topic/community