9.8% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Silverdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Silverdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Silverdale provide unpaid childcare, which is a much higher rate than in most other areas. While many residents are busy with family duties, fewer people here volunteer their time compared to the rest of the state. This creates a community profile where home-based care is very common, but formal community volunteering is less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of people in Silverdale volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%. This is much lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a high rate of home-based work, with 33.5% of people caring for children unpaid and 27.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly; both figures are well above the state and national averages. Meanwhile, 11.6% of people provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
11.6% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.5% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.6%
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.
About 1.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Silverdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13559/silverdale/topic/community