17.3% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Skennars Head · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Skennars Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of Skennars Head over the last decade. A striking 17.3% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Residents are also more likely to provide unpaid care and support to others compared to most Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of people in Skennars Head volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 14.3% of people providing unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. This includes 27.3% of residents caring for children and 25.6% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are well above the state and national averages.
14.3% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Skennars Head than in most similar areas. About 4.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Skennars Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13569/skennars-head/topic/community