10.1% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sawyers Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sawyers Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Sawyers Gully provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most areas. While many residents are busy with home and family duties, the community sees a smaller share of people volunteering compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 29% of people provide unpaid childcare, well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. This is alongside 25.1% of residents doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above both the state and national averages.
12.9% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.1%
Lower than 59% 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 Sawyers Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13514/sawyers-gully/topic/community