22.8% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Medlow Bath · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Medlow Bath
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Medlow Bath volunteer, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of helping out is paired with a surprisingly high number of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to most areas, at just 18.2%. However, a higher proportion of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week (26.5%) than the national figure of 20.7%.
11.6% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
A much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most other areas. At 4.9%, this is a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
4.9%
Higher than 79% 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 Medlow Bath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12563/medlow-bath/topic/community