10.4% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Raymond Terrace · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Raymond Terrace
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap exists between the low number of volunteers and the high level of care work in Raymond Terrace. While only 10.4% of people volunteer, a much higher share of the population is involved in providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 14.0% of people helping others and 28.1% caring for children, both of which are higher than the state and national figures. Meanwhile, the 20.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is about the same as the national average.
14.0% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Defence service is very common in Raymond Terrace, where 5.7% of people have served, a figure that is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Raymond Terrace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13340/raymond-terrace/topic/community