16.7% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paddys River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Paddys River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of family care and housework mark Paddys River compared to most other areas. While few residents have served in the military, a strong proportion of the community contributes through unpaid work and volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and slightly higher than the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family responsibilities are common here, with 35.4% of people caring for children unpaid and 29.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above state and national figures. However, only 8.3% provide other types of unpaid care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%.
8.3% ▼ -45.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.4% ▲ +97.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 29.2%
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, a result that is a little below both the state and national averages.
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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13130/paddys-river/topic/community