10.5% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Matraville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Matraville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.5% of people in Matraville volunteer their time, a figure that is well below the national average. This suggests a local community where fewer residents are involved in formal unpaid work compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than in most other areas, sitting at 10.5%. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 26.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. While 12.9% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, only 19.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, a rate much lower than most areas.
12.9% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 1.5% of people having served. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Matraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12534/matraville/topic/community