18.8% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Arm Cove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Arm Cove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average, nearly one in five people in North Arm Cove volunteer their time. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, with high rates of volunteering and caregiving compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 16.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. While 24.7% do 15 or more hours of housework, only 17.3% provide unpaid childcare, a figure well below the national average of 26.3%.
16.3% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 higher number of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, with 4.5% of the population being veterans.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 North Arm Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12989/north-arm-cove/topic/community