17.3% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scarborough · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Scarborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual spend their spare time helping others in Scarborough, where 17.3% of residents volunteer. This commitment to helping out is seen across the community, with a very high number of people providing unpaid care and support for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in the rest of the state, with 17.3% of people giving their time compared to 13.0% across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in the area. This includes 38.6% of people caring for children, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%, and 15.7% providing other types of unpaid care.
15.7% ▲ +35.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.6% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
The community has a strong history of military service, with 4.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13515/scarborough/topic/community