14.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rainbow Reach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rainbow Reach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Rainbow Reach than in the rest of the state. While 16.7% of residents offer unpaid care, this is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This community also shows a strong connection to the military, with a high number of former or current defence personnel.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people here volunteer their time, which is about the same as the national average and a little above the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common here, though the number of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national average.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.1% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 a notable feature of the area, with 7.9% of people having served. This is well above the national figure of 2.8% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
7.9%
Higher than 91% 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 Rainbow Reach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13319/rainbow-reach/topic/community