16.2% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Milsons Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Milsons Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines daily life in Milsons Point, where 16.2% of people give their time to others. This is well above the New South Wales figure, though the area sees far less unpaid care and housework than other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and well above the state average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 7.4% of people providing care. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (13.9%) and those caring for children (13.6%) are both far below national levels.
7.4% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.9% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
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.
About 2.0% of people here have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Milsons Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12640/milsons-point/topic/community