15.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sherwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sherwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual proportion of veterans live in Sherwood, where community contribution often takes the form of volunteering. While 15.5% of people volunteer here, the area sees much lower rates of unpaid care and housework than other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Sherwood, with 15.5% of people helping out, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in most areas. Only 5.2% of people provide unpaid care and 12.1% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
5.2% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.1% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 5.0% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the 2.8% national average.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13551/sherwood/topic/community