17.1% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Middle Arm · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Middle Arm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and military service than most areas define the community of Middle Arm. While nearly 17% of people volunteer, the local profile is most distinct for its high levels of home-based support and former defence personnel.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 17.1% of people in Middle Arm volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.8% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework—well above the 20.7% national figure. This is consistent with a much higher than usual 15.2% of residents providing some form of unpaid care.
15.2% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.7% of people having served, well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Middle Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12610/middle-arm/topic/community