17.7% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paddington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Paddington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 17.7% of people in Paddington volunteer their time. This strong level of community involvement stands in contrast to a much lower rate of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 9.4% of people providing care and 20.2% caring for children unpaid, both well below the state and national figures.
9.4% ▲ +13.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▲ +33.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.5% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Paddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13126/paddington/topic/community