13.0% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Illawong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Illawong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Illawong involves a significant amount of unpaid work and home care. While 13.7% of residents provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas, volunteering rates are much lower than in similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of people in Illawong volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and slightly below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.7% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with 13.7% of residents providing unpaid care, a rate a little above both the state and national averages.
13.7% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 1.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Illawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11982/illawong/topic/community