5.5% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Johns Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Johns Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 5.5% of residents in St Johns Park volunteer their time, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area. This low level of community volunteering is mirrored by a much lower rate of people providing unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is quite low here at 5.5%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most other areas, at 19.0%. Similarly, 18.6% of residents do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, which is a little below the Australian average of 20.7%.
11.5% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.3%, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.3%
Lower than 77% 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 Johns Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13656/st-johns-park/topic/community