15.2% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jerrys Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Jerrys Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Jerrys Plains than in most similar areas, particularly for children. While 35.9% of residents look after children without pay, only 15.2% of the population spend their time volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas, though this figure remains a little above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 35.9% of people providing unpaid childcare, a figure far above the New South Wales rate of 25.3%. Additionally, 25.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure.
13.4% ▲ +44.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.9% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
About 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is around the middle for its level and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Jerrys Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12030/jerrys-plains/topic/community