21.3% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rylstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rylstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over 21% of people volunteer in Rylstone, a figure far higher than the national average. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong presence of former Defence Force members. Together, these figures show a place with a high rate of service to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% figure for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, those providing general unpaid care are a little more common than the national average at 14.4%. Also, a higher proportion of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework compared to the rest of the state.
14.4% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 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.
Service to the country is common in Rylstone, where 4.1% of people have served in the Defence Force, a figure a little above the national average of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Rylstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13472/rylstone/topic/community