0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Old Station · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Old Station
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Old Station has shifted over the last decade, with very few people now involved in formal volunteering. While unpaid care is common, it is mostly centered around home duties rather than childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in Old Station reported volunteering, a figure that is far below both the New South Wales (13%) and Australian (14.1%) rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is frequent here, with 19% providing care and 47.6% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure. However, those caring for children unpaid (14.3%) are far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
19.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
47.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 47.6%
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.
No residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state rate of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Station [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13091/old-station/topic/community