30.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Steeple Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Steeple Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people volunteer their time in Steeple Flat, a rate far above the national figure. This community is highly active, with a very strong tendency to provide unpaid care and support for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 30.4% of residents helping out, which is 16 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, with 39.1% of people caring for children and another 39.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Around 26.1% provide other unpaid care, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%.
26.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.1% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 39.1%
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, a result that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
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).
More for Steeple Flat
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Steeple Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13672/steeple-flat/topic/community