19.1% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jeir · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jeir
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average, 19.1% of people in Jeir volunteer their time. This reflects a community where residents are more likely to contribute to local causes or care for others compared to the rest of New South Wales.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.1%) volunteer here, which is well above the 13% figure for New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.3% of residents providing care and 28.3% looking after children unpaid, both of which are higher than most areas. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week (20.9%) are about the same as the national figure.
14.3% ▲ +48.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 much higher proportion of people in Jeir have served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 4.3% of the population having served compared to 2.8% across Australia.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Jeir [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12013/jeir/topic/community