25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reddestone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reddestone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people give their time to others in Reddestone compared to the rest of the state. One in four residents volunteers, which is double the rate seen across New South Wales. This strong spirit of contribution extends to both formal volunteering and unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 25% of people providing care—far above the national figure of 11.9%. However, those caring for children unpaid (23.1%) is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
25.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 7.1% of residents having served, which is well above the 2.8% national figure.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Reddestone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13351/reddestone/topic/community