30.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paddys Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Paddys Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Three in ten people volunteer in Paddys Flat, a rate far above the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a community with very high levels of unpaid contribution, from local volunteering to significant amounts of housework and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 30.0% of residents giving their time. This is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life here, as 35.0% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is consistent with a higher than usual 15.0% of residents providing some form of unpaid care. Meanwhile, 25.0% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state average.
15.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.0% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
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 one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
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 Paddys Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13128/paddys-flat/topic/community