6.5% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Old Guildford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Old Guildford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Old Guildford volunteer their time, with only 6.5% of residents doing so. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%, marking it as one of the lowest areas for community participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.5% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. Only 16.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while 10.5% provide some form of unpaid care.
10.5% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
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 1.0% of the population, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Old Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13088/old-guildford/topic/community