12.8% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Orient Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Orient Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of veterans and unpaid carers define the community spirit in Orient Point. While general volunteering is lower than in most other areas, the local commitment to supporting others through unpaid care and former military service is particularly strong.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 17.6% of people doing so, well above the national figure of 11.9%. In contrast, only 19.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
17.6% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
Former Defence Force members make up 4.7% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Orient Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13107/orient-point/topic/community