38.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stonequarry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stonequarry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 38.1% of people in Stonequarry volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national figure. This high level of community spirit is mirrored in the strong rates of unpaid care and military service found here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Stonequarry, with 38.1% of residents giving their time. This is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and among the highest figures for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 42.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework and 33.3% care for children, both far above national levels. Surprisingly, no one here reported providing other types of unpaid care, which is far below the national figure of 11.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.9% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 16.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is far above the 2.8% typical across Australia.
16.7%
Higher 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Stonequarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13681/stonequarry/topic/community