14.6% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Petersham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Petersham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Petersham take on unpaid care and housework compared to most similar areas. While 14.6% of residents volunteer, this is only a little above the New South Wales figure. The area is marked by much lower rates of unpaid child care and home work than the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Only 19.5% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%, and just 17.1% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
9.8% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas, with 1.2% of people having served, a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Petersham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13202/petersham/topic/community