8.9% ▼ -44.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pheasants Nest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pheasants Nest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.9% of people in Pheasants Nest volunteer, which is a much lower rate than most similar areas. This creates a stark contrast to the local trend of family support, where child care is more common than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the Australian average of 26.3%. Other forms of unpaid work are less common, with 11.2% providing general unpaid care and 21.8% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly.
11.2% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 2.7% of the population having done so. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Pheasants Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13203/pheasants-nest/topic/community