5.2% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Silverwater · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Silverwater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very low levels of unpaid work and volunteering shape daily life in Silverwater. Only 5.2% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average and among the lowest for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 5.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below 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 uncommon here, with only 4.9% of people providing unpaid care and 11.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. These figures are far below the state and national averages, including the 15.6% who care for children unpaid, which is much lower than most areas.
4.9% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.1% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.3%, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.3%
Lower than 77% 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 Silverwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13562/silverwater/topic/community