27.4% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Potato Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Potato Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 27.4% of people in Potato Point volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a highly active community where residents frequently give their time to help others. Many people also contribute through significant unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 27.4% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 15.8% of people helping others. This is well above the national figure, and 33.6% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far above the 20.7% across Australia.
15.8% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.6% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 33.6%
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 5.3% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
5.3%
Higher than 84% 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 Potato Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13265/potato-point/topic/community