20.3% ▼ -27.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Matcham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Matcham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above average 20.3% of people in Matcham volunteer their time, far exceeding the national figure. This strong level of community involvement is mirrored in the home, where residents spend significantly more time on unpaid work than those in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of residents helping out, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much more unpaid work happens in Matcham homes than in most areas, with 35.0% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to childcare, where 28.3% of residents provide unpaid care, a little above the Australian average.
13.4% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.0% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 35.0%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 59% 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 Matcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12530/matcham/topic/community