7.4% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stratford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stratford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher than usual 15.4% of people in Stratford provide unpaid care. While many residents help out at home, very few engage in formal volunteer work compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.4% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.4% of people providing care—well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. This includes 24.3% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly and 25% who care for children unpaid.
15.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Stratford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13687/stratford/topic/community