14.6% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shoal Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shoal Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Shoal Bay engage in unpaid care and housework than in most similar areas. While 14.6% of the community volunteers, a striking 3.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people volunteer here, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales average and roughly the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in similar areas, with child care at 17.8%, well below the national figure. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are few, at 19.5%, and unpaid care overall is slightly below the national average at 10.7%.
10.7% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 similar areas, with 3.9% of the population having a service history.
3.9%
Higher than 71% 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 Shoal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13554/shoal-bay/topic/community