18.5% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Main Arm · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Main Arm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Main Arm sits around the middle of similar areas for community involvement, though its residents are notably more active in volunteering. About 18.5% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Main Arm, with 18.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 26.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure slightly above the state average. Similarly, 23.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, while 10.9% provide other types of unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
10.9% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Main Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12454/main-arm/topic/community