21.5% ▼ -31.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Otford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Otford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement has grown in Otford, where 21.5% of residents now volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and reflects a local culture of giving back to the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More people volunteer here than in most similar areas, with Otford's 21.5% rate sitting well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, especially for children, with 39.1% of people providing this care—far above the Australian average of 26.3%. This is consistent with the 30.0% of residents who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national figure.
14.3% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.1% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% ▲ +30.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.0%, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
1.0%
Lower than 68% 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 Otford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13112/otford/topic/community