29.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shooters Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shooters Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Shooters Hill volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is mirrored in the home, where residents spend significant time on unpaid family work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.2% of people giving their time. This is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is focused on the family, as 37.5% of people care for children and 29.2% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above national levels. However, 0% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is far below the Australian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 29.2%
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.
No one in Shooters Hill has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
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 Shooters Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13556/shooters-hill/topic/community