16.6% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Knockrow · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Knockrow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back and helping others is a common part of daily life in Knockrow. About 16.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. While few people here provide care for children, a larger proportion of the community handles significant amounts of housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most of the country, with 16.6% of people giving their time. This is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major commitment for 26.6% of residents who do 15 or more hours a week, a figure well above the national 20.7%. Conversely, unpaid care for others is much lower than most areas, with only 10.1% of people providing this support.
10.1% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
Around 3.0% of people in Knockrow have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Knockrow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12187/knockrow/topic/community