15.8% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rushcutters Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rushcutters Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Rushcutters Bay provide unpaid care or housework than in most similar areas. While 15.8% of residents volunteer, the area is marked by very low rates of home-based care and childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.8% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas but still a little above the 13% state figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 7.8% providing care and 9.7% caring for children, both figures being far below the national average.
7.8% ▲ +35.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.7% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.3% ▲ +44.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Rushcutters Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13459/rushcutters-bay/topic/community