10.3% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Neath · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Neath
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Neath volunteer compared to other areas, but the community has a strong record of service. While only 10.3% of residents volunteer, the area has a much higher rate of former Defence Force members than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the Australian average at 20.1%. However, 16.9% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a figure that is well above both the state and national levels.
16.9% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.3% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Neath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12926/neath/topic/community