6.4% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Punchbowl · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Punchbowl
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Punchbowl are involved in unpaid care and volunteering compared to recent years. This is a community where only 6.4% of people volunteer, a figure well below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very low here, with only 6.4% of residents helping out. This is well below the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most areas. Only 21.5% of people care for children unpaid, and 17.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below the national figures.
11.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 0.5%, this is lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.5%
Lower than 72% 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 Punchbowl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13286/punchbowl/topic/community