23.1% ▼ -32.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rydal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rydal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Rydal volunteer their time, making it a community where residents are far more likely to give back than people elsewhere. This spirit of service is reflected in a population that is notably active in local support and civic life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.1% of residents volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13% and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care, those caring for children are well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 25.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
12.9% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
Military service is common here, with 7.3% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure of 2.8% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
7.3%
Higher than 90% 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 Rydal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13467/rydal/topic/community