15.9% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Razorback · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Razorback
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid home and child care define the community profile of Razorback. While many residents spend significant time on household duties, this is contrasted by a lower-than-usual number of people serving in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of people in Razorback volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the 20.7% national average. This is consistent with the 28.5% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, which is also well above the state average.
12.2% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
Only 1.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
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 Razorback [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13341/razorback/topic/community