8.7% ▼ -38.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Schofields · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Schofields
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 42.5% of people in Schofields provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above both the state and national averages. This high level of family care stands out in a place where other forms of community contribution are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.7% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While childcare is very common, only 8.4% of people provide other unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas. About 24% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
8.4% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.5% ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 1.0% of the population, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.0%
Lower than 68% 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 Schofields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13517/schofields/topic/community