19.8% ▼ -52.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Little Billabong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Little Billabong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines Little Billabong, where 19.8% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure and shows a community that is far more active in unpaid work and care than the typical Australian town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.0% rate for New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in this area, with 33.3% of people caring for children—a figure well above the national 26.3%. This is alongside higher than average rates of people doing significant housework and providing general unpaid care.
13.5% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Billabong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12359/little-billabong/topic/community