20.2% ▼ -40.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jerrara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jerrara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Jerrara involves a high level of unpaid work and community support. About 20% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of helping out extends into the home, where a large portion of the population spends significant time on unpaid care and chores.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.2% of people helping out. This is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in Jerrara, where 32.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 29.4% provide unpaid childcare—well above the 26.3% Australian average—the 8.3% who provide other types of unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
8.3% ▼ -45.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 32.1%
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.
No one in Jerrara has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Jerrara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12026/jerrara/topic/community