23.3% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shadforth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shadforth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer and provide care in Shadforth than in most similar areas. About 23.3% of residents give their time to volunteer work, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of contribution extends to both community service and unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.3% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and well above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 15.1% of people providing such support. Meanwhile, 26.7% of residents care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the national figure.
15.1% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.9%. This is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Shadforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13536/shadforth/topic/community