11.7% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rydalmere · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rydalmere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement in Rydalmere has shifted since 2011, with a small number of residents now stepping forward to volunteer. Only 11.7% of people here volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.7% of residents in Rydalmere volunteer, a figure that is a little below both the New South Wales and Australian national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, those providing other forms of unpaid care (10.5%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (21.5%) are lower than in most areas.
10.5% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 1.3% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
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 Rydalmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13468/rydalmere/topic/community