10.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Patchs Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Patchs Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Patchs Beach participate in unpaid care or volunteering compared to similar areas. While 30% of people spend significant time on housework, other community contributions are much lower than the national figures. This creates a local profile where domestic work is common, but formal volunteering is rare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 30% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. In contrast, unpaid care for others is much lower than most areas at 7.5%, and only 22.5% care for children unpaid.
7.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
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 Patchs Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13169/patchs-beach/topic/community