22.7% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Northbridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Northbridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, nearly a quarter of people in Northbridge give their time to volunteering. This area shows a high level of community engagement and a strong tendency to provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.7% of residents helping out, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, especially for children, where 31.2% of people provide care—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside 25.2% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is also well above the state and national rates.
12.3% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 25.2%
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 less common than in most areas, with 1.9% of people having served, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.
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 Northbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13032/northbridge/topic/community