17.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Joadja · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Joadja
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people in Joadja handle unpaid housework than the state or national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work, with 34.6% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on chores.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.8% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common at 34.6%, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 28.0% of people provide unpaid childcare, slightly more than the national average, the 10.3% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the Australian average.
10.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 34.6%
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 2.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Joadja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12044/joadja/topic/community