18.5% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Run-o-Waters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Run-o-Waters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong part of life in Run-o-Waters. This small area sees far more people taking on unpaid care and volunteer roles than is typical across New South Wales and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 18.1% of people providing unpaid care and 30.2% caring for children, both of which are well above the figures for New South Wales. This is consistent with a much higher rate of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework compared to the national figure.
18.1% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
A much higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, with 5.6% of residents having served, well above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Run-o-Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13455/run-o-waters/topic/community