12.4% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Revesby Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Revesby Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Revesby Heights has remained largely steady over the last decade. While a small number of residents volunteer, the area has a higher than usual proportion of people managing unpaid family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than in most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family duties are common, with 27.9% of people caring for children unpaid, which is higher than most areas. This is alongside a high rate of unpaid housework, with 24.8% of residents spending 15 hours or more a week on these tasks, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
10.8% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Revesby Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13370/revesby-heights/topic/community