26.3% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Little Forest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Little Forest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people get involved in community work in Little Forest than in most similar areas. The standout figure is the 26.3% of residents who volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.3% of people giving their time. This is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 37.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, the 22.8% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
11.4% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.1% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 37.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12360/little-forest/topic/community