15.5% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Neutral Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Neutral Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Neutral Bay provide unpaid care or housework compared to most other areas. While 15.5% of residents volunteer, the area is marked by a much lower rate of people performing domestic duties and caregiving roles than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are much less likely to provide unpaid care than those in most other areas. Only 20.9% care for children unpaid and 8.2% provide general unpaid care, both of which are well below the Australian averages.
8.2% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▲ +32.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Neutral Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12943/neutral-bay/topic/community