29.4% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Star · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Star
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of residents in North Star volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This community shows a strong drive to help others, even though rates of unpaid domestic and care work are generally lower than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.4% of people helping out, which is far above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 6.9% of people providing care and 23.1% looking after children, both well below the national figures.
6.9% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -35.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -41.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
About 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Higher 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 North Star [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13018/north-star/topic/community