14.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jembaicumbene · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jembaicumbene
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high level of unpaid care defines community life in Jembaicumbene, where 22.9% of people provide unpaid support. This is far above the national figure of 11.9% and represents one of the most active areas for caregiving in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 14.6% of residents helping out. This is about the same as the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common, with 33.3% of people looking after children unpaid, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. While 22.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care, about 20.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
22.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 elsewhere, with 7.4% of people having served. This is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Jembaicumbene [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12016/jembaicumbene/topic/community