18.8% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redbank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Redbank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Redbank has evolved to see more people taking on unpaid roles than in many other areas. Nearly 19% of residents volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This spirit of giving extends into the home, where a high proportion of the population manages unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of people in Redbank volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 31.9% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the national average. This aligns with high rates of unpaid care, as 28.6% look after children and 14.6% provide other forms of unpaid care.
14.6% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.9% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 31.9%
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.
Only 1.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates for both New South Wales and Australia.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 Redbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13349/redbank/topic/community