13.2% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Little Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Little Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 3.3% of residents in Little Bay have served in the Defence Force. This area has a modest level of community involvement, with most people focusing on home and family duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with 13.2% of people giving their time. This is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid childcare than in most other areas, at 27.6%. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (21.0%) and those providing general unpaid care (10.7%) are both lower than most areas.
10.7% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 3.3%, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Little Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12358/little-bay/topic/community