7.5% ▼ -39.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Raby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Raby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Raby volunteer compared to most similar areas, though childcare is a major focus. While only 7.5% of the community volunteers, nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid care for children, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.5% of people in Raby volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for its area type and well below the New South Wales average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is common here, with 29.4% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, about 11.8% provide other forms of unpaid care, and 21.9% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
11.8% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
About 2.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the state average.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Raby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13316/raby/topic/community