15.1% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Raleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Raleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26.8% of people in Raleigh spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a mix of modest volunteer rates and a lower-than-average proportion of people caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is lower than in most similar areas, with 15.1% of residents helping out, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, only 20.0% care for children unpaid, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25.3%.
13.4% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas, with only 1.7% of the population having served, slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Raleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13320/raleigh/topic/community