22.0% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seal Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seal Rocks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 22% of people volunteer in Seal Rocks, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community shows a strong tendency to help out, both through formal volunteering and by providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.0% of residents giving their time. This is higher than most similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in the area; 18.0% of people provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. This is seen alongside 28.0% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, well above the 20.7% national average.
18.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and lower than most similar areas.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Seal Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13527/seal-rocks/topic/community