8.8% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Smithtown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Smithtown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 9% of people volunteer in Smithtown, a figure well below the national rate. While some residents provide a fair amount of unpaid support to others, the local community is much less likely to volunteer their time compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of people providing support, which is a little above the national figure. This is consistent with 26.7% of residents caring for children unpaid, a result that sits around the middle for similar areas.
14.5% ▲ +49.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Smithtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13580/smithtown/topic/community