10.4% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathcedar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Strathcedar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define the community in Strathcedar compared to most similar areas. While few residents volunteer for organisations, a significant number of people provide unpaid care for others and a high proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.9% of residents providing this support, well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. This is driven by a very high rate of people caring for children unpaid (32.8%), although the 16.4% who do 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
14.9% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
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.
Defence service is more common in Strathcedar than in most areas, with 4.4% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Strathcedar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13688/strathcedar/topic/community