7.0% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shallow Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shallow Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7% of people in Shallow Bay volunteer, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in other areas of unpaid work and service across the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this size, with only 7% of people pitching in. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people provide unpaid care here than in most areas, including just 8.8% who look after others and 17.5% who care for children unpaid. However, 24.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
8.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
Defence service is lower than most areas, with no one in Shallow Bay reporting that they served in the Defence Force.
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 Shallow Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13537/shallow-bay/topic/community