14.3% ▼ -48.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Medway · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Medway
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of unpaid carers than the state average marks Medway as a place with strong community support. About 20.2% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. This community also has a notably high proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.3% of people in Medway volunteer their time. This is a little above the New South Wales figure and about the same as the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas, 20.2% of residents provide unpaid care. This is well above both the state and national figures. About 26.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
20.2% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -48.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 4.3%. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales and Australian figures.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Medway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12565/medway/topic/community