20.3% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stanwell Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stanwell Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement define Stanwell Park compared to most similar areas. About one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of helping extends into the home, where residents are more likely to provide unpaid care and do housework than those in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Stanwell Park, with 20.3% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here handle unpaid work at home, with 28.9% caring for children and 28.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are well above the New South Wales averages.
12.6% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 2.1%. This is lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
2.1%
Lower than 59% 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 Stanwell Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13668/stanwell-park/topic/community