13.5% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orchard Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Orchard Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid childcare mark Orchard Hills compared to the rest of the state and country. While 20% of people provide unpaid child care, this is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Other forms of community contribution and service remain more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people in Orchard Hills volunteer, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high number of residents handle significant housework, with 29.1% doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the Australian average of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is also more common here than in most areas, reaching 14.9%.
14.9% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
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 Force veterans make up 2% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.0%
Lower 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 Orchard Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13106/orchard-hills/topic/community