7.3% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Marys · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Marys
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.3% of people in St Marys volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This represents one of the lowest rates of community volunteering for areas of its type. Other forms of unpaid work and service also sit slightly below state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate of 7.3% is among the lowest for similar areas and is well below the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 23.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national figure of 26.3%. Other unpaid work is also less common, with 10.3% providing general unpaid care and 18.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
10.3% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13658/st-marys/topic/community