20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Speewa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Speewa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people volunteer in Speewa, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong trend of giving back through unpaid work and support for others. While many residents help out in the community, very few have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are high here at 20%, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care in Speewa than in most areas, with 13.7% helping out and 28.4% caring for children. This is well above the state figure for childcare, though the 21.1% who do heavy housework is about the same as the national average.
13.7% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Speewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13622/speewa/topic/community