18.6% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Ives · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Ives
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state average for volunteering, St Ives is a place where community involvement is common. Around 18.6% of people here volunteer, which is far higher than the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a strong feature of the area, with 18.6% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many more people in St Ives care for children unpaid (32.2%) and do 15 or more hours of housework (25.8%) than the national average. However, the 11.8% of people providing other unpaid care is about the same as the rest of Australia.
11.8% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
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 less common here than in most other areas, with 1.8% of residents having served, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 St Ives [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13654/st-ives/topic/community