13.4% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Russell Lea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Russell Lea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower rates of volunteering and defence service mean Russell Lea sits below many similar areas in community participation. While 13.4% of people volunteer, a higher than usual 14.1% of residents provide some form of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of people here are volunteers, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are more common here than in most areas, at 14.1%. Meanwhile, 26.0% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure.
14.1% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
Only 1.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the state and national rates.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Russell Lea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13462/russell-lea/topic/community