20.4% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sawtell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sawtell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Sawtell, where more than one in five people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The community shows a high level of active engagement in both formal service and unpaid support roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is typical for the area, with 13.5% of people providing care and 26.5% looking after children, both slightly above state figures. Around 24.1% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the Australian average.
13.5% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 more common here than in most similar areas. About 3.3% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Sawtell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13513/sawtell/topic/community