14.7% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Smiths Lake · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Smiths Lake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Smiths Lake is marked by a high level of home-based work and a strong military history. While about 14.7% of people volunteer, the most striking figure is that nearly 29% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.7% of people in Smiths Lake volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A much higher proportion of residents than most areas spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, at 28.8%. This sits alongside a lower than typical 22.5% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well below the Australian figure.
13.1% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.2% of people having served, a figure a little above both the state and national averages.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Smiths Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13579/smiths-lake/topic/community