18.0% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Southgate · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Southgate
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national rate of former defence force members live in Southgate. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with volunteering and unpaid care levels sitting well above the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.0% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%. This is around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.6% of people providing it, which is much higher than most areas. While 27.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, the 21.6% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
15.6% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 high 7.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest for its level and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.3%
Higher than 90% 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 Southgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13620/southgate/topic/community