9.5% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Strathfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Strathfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost a quarter of people in North Strathfield provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community support here. While many residents manage family duties, others are less likely to volunteer or take on heavy housework compared to people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1% and much lower than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common at 24.0%, though this is a little below the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. Other forms of unpaid work are less common, with much fewer people doing 15 or more hours of housework and fewer providing general unpaid care than in most areas.
9.9% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 4.6% of residents having served compared to 2.8% nationally.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Strathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13019/north-strathfield/topic/community