8.7% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Regents Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Regents Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.7% of people in Regents Park volunteer, a figure well below the national average. This reflects a broader trend across the area, where rates of unpaid care, housework, and military service are all lower than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for similar areas, with just 8.7% of residents helping out, which is well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most areas. For example, the 20.5% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the New South Wales figure of 25.3%.
10.2% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
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.
Military service is also less common in Regents Park, with 0.9% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Regents Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13358/regents-park/topic/community