5.6% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shalvey · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shalvey
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Shalvey engage in unpaid community work compared to other areas. Just 5.6% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower participation extends across most forms of unpaid care and service throughout the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for similar areas, with only 5.6% of people helping out. This is well below the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. Only 22.1% of people care for children unpaid and 17.9% do over 15 hours of housework, both figures being well below the state and national averages.
11.2% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
Those who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Shalvey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13538/shalvey/topic/community