13.9% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redfern · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Redfern
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents provide unpaid care in Redfern, which is one of the lowest rates for this activity in the region. While volunteering is common, the area is far less likely to have people performing extensive unpaid housework or childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas but about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 7.4% of people providing care. This is consistent with the very low rates of people caring for children (11.8%) or doing over 15 hours of housework a week (11.8%), both of which are well below the national figures.
7.4% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.8% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.8% ▲ +29.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the state and national averages.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Redfern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13352/redfern/topic/community