22.0% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Middle Cove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Middle Cove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average, 22% of people in Middle Cove volunteer their time. This high level of community involvement is mirrored in the home, where residents spend significantly more time on unpaid care and housework than people in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area. About 32.5% of people care for children unpaid, and 29.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework—both figures are well above the state and national averages. Meanwhile, 13.5% provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.5% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 29.4%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12613/middle-cove/topic/community