14.0% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Potts Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Potts Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Potts Point provide unpaid care compared to similar areas. This is most striking in childcare, where only 5.6% of people provide unpaid care, a figure far below the national average. While community volunteering is typical, there is a surprisingly high number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.0% of people in Potts Point volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but remains about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas here. Only 6.2% of people provide unpaid care, and the 9.2% who do 15 or more hours of housework each week is far below the national figure of 20.7%.
6.2% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
5.6% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.2% ▲ +63.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.7% of residents having served, which is a little above the New South Wales and Australian figures.
4.7%
Higher than 77% 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 Potts Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13268/potts-point/topic/community