27.1% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reidsdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reidsdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has remained a strong feature of life in Reidsdale, where 27.1% of people volunteer. This rate of community contribution is far above the national figure. Residents here also provide significantly more unpaid care and housework than people in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.1% of residents helping out. This is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Reidsdale, as 37.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, and levels of unpaid childcare and general care are also well above the state and national averages.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 37.5%
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 has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales figure 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 Reidsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13361/reidsdale/topic/community