14.6% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Salamander Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Salamander Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than five times the national average of residents have served in the Defence Force in Salamander Bay. This high rate of military service stands out in a place where volunteering is common and a significant number of people provide unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 18.2%, well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, providing other types of unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.1% of residents helping out.
14.1% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
Defence service is very common in the area; 5.7% of people have served, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Salamander Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13478/salamander-bay/topic/community