5.3% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pottery Estate · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pottery Estate
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 5.3% of people volunteer in Pottery Estate, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in other areas of unpaid work and service, marking the area as one with very low participation rates across the board.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 5.3% of residents volunteer here, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 7.4% of people providing such support. This is well below the national figure of 11.9%, and slightly fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the state average.
7.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
No one in Pottery Estate has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Pottery Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13266/pottery-estate/topic/community