18.2% ▼ -36.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Red Range · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Red Range
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Red Range than in the rest of New South Wales. About 18.2% of the community give their time to others, which is well above the state and national figures. This spirit of service is also seen in a higher than usual number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are high here, with 18.2% of people volunteering. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 25.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state and national averages. However, those providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are lower than in most other areas.
10.7% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▲ +32.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most areas. People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.2% of the population, which is a little above the state and national figures.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13346/red-range/topic/community