14.3% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Porters Retreat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Porters Retreat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of people in Porters Retreat spend a lot of time on unpaid domestic work and military service. While few residents care for children, over 41% of the area's population puts in 15 or more hours of housework each week.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common, with 41.1% of residents doing 15 or more hours a week, a figure far above the national average. In contrast, those providing unpaid care or looking after children are much lower than in most areas.
8.9% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% ▲ +25.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.1% ▲ +209.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 41.1%
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.
Military service is very common in Porters Retreat, where 13.8% of people have served in the Defence Force, far above the New South Wales and national figures.
13.8%
Higher 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 Porters Retreat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13261/porters-retreat/topic/community