8.0% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rutherford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rutherford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Rutherford than in most similar areas, with only 8% of residents doing so. This low level of community service is offset by a high number of people providing unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for areas of this type and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A much higher share of people provide unpaid child care at 30.3%, well above the state figure of 25.3%. Other unpaid care is around the middle for this area, with 12.8% of people providing care and 21% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
12.8% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Rutherford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13464/rutherford/topic/community