19.1% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Red Head · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Red Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do heavy housework in Red Head than the national figure, with 31.3% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. This reflects a community where many people contribute significant time to unpaid work and local volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.1% of people helping out, which is well above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.3% of people provide some form of unpaid care, the share of those caring for children unpaid is 18.7%, which is well below the national figure.
13.3% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.3% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and a little above the state average.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Red Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13342/red-head/topic/community