13.5% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jennings · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jennings
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 10% of people in Jennings have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is far higher than the national average. This community is marked by a strong history of military service and a notable amount of unpaid domestic work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 13.5% of residents giving their time, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very low at 11.0%, far below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 24.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the state and national averages.
12.3% ▲ +46.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.0% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 striking 10.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
10.3%
Higher than 96% 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 Jennings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12017/jennings/topic/community