16.7% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Primrose Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Primrose Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of service and community support has evolved in Primrose Valley, where 9.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is far higher than the national figure. Residents here are also more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care for children compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people in Primrose Valley volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.2% of people caring for children and 25.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national averages, though the 9.5% of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the Australian figure.
9.5% ▼ -51.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for similar areas at 9.4%, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
9.4%
Higher than 94% 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 Primrose Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13277/primrose-valley/topic/community