8.7% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Prospect
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.7% of people in Prospect volunteer, which is well below the national figure. While community volunteering is low, the area shows typical patterns for household care and defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for similar areas, with the 8.7% rate sitting well below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care in Prospect is about the same as the state and national averages, with 12.1% providing unpaid care and 25.7% caring for children unpaid. A little more than the national average, 22.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.1% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
Only 1.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales and national figures.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13278/prospect/topic/community