39.2% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reedy Swamp · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reedy Swamp
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Reedy Swamp volunteer, a rate far above both the state and national figures. This high level of community involvement is paired with a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care and support within their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 39.2% of people helping out, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more common than in most areas, with 30.4% of people caring for children and 19.0% providing general unpaid care, both well above New South Wales levels. Similarly, 29.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
19.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
No one in the area reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Reedy Swamp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13356/reedy-swamp/topic/community