8.9% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Singleton Military Area · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Singleton Military Area
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 68.1% of residents in Singleton Military Area have served in the Defence Force, far exceeding the national figure. This military focus is reflected across other community roles, with very few people engaged in unpaid care or volunteering compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.9% of people here volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is almost non-existent here, with 0% of people caring for children or others and only 0.5% doing significant housework. These figures are far below the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.5% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Defence service is the defining feature of this area, as 68.1% of the population have served, a rate far above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
68.1%
Higher 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 Singleton Military Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13566/singleton-military-area/topic/community