15.1% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sleepy Hollow · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sleepy Hollow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of military service and unpaid care set Sleepy Hollow apart from most similar areas. While 14.2% of people provide unpaid care, a striking 6.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. These figures show a community with a strong tradition of service and support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and roughly the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are more common here than in most areas, and 24.5% of residents do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. However, those caring for children unpaid are much less common, at 19.8%, which is well below the Australian average.
14.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.8% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
A very high 6.8% of people in Sleepy Hollow have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages.
6.8%
Higher than 88% 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 Sleepy Hollow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13572/sleepy-hollow/topic/community