13.6% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rathmines · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rathmines
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Rathmines do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This high level of home-based work is a key feature of the local community. Many residents also dedicate their time to providing unpaid care for others, though formal volunteering is less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common in Rathmines; 15.4% of people provide this support, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is reflected in the 27.2% who care for children unpaid and the 27.9% who do significant housework, both of which are higher than in most other areas.
15.4% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
A larger proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.8% of residents having served, slightly above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Rathmines [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13332/rathmines/topic/community