17.2% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jackadgery · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jackadgery
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Jackadgery volunteer, which is well above both the state and national figures. This reflects a strong level of community involvement in an area where a high number of residents have also served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 17.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that sits well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 10.3% of people providing unpaid care is a little below the national figure, 27.6% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
10.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 27.6%
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 service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.1% of people having served, well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Jackadgery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12001/jackadgery/topic/community