6.0% ▼ -45.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shanes Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shanes Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 6.0% of people in Shanes Park volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This low level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, as it ranks among the lowest for volunteering across similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very uncommon here, with just 6.0% of residents helping out, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 18.5%. Meanwhile, 23.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is a little above the national figure.
11.3% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +25.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 0.0% of the population having 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 Shanes Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13539/shanes-park/topic/community