7.9% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Plumpton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Plumpton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Plumpton has some of the lowest rates of community involvement among similar areas. Only 7.9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This trend toward lower participation extends across volunteering, unpaid care, and defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 7.9% of people helping out. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 13% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the state average. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.6%) and those providing other unpaid care (10%) are both much lower than in most other areas.
10.0% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.8% of the population. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Plumpton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13242/plumpton/topic/community