10.7% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Strathfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 16.1% of people in Strathfield provide unpaid childcare, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a broader trend across the area, where residents are much less likely to engage in unpaid care, housework, or volunteer work compared to other Australian communities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with 10.7% of residents helping out. This is much lower than most other areas and sits well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas, with only 16.9% of people spending 15 or more hours on housework. Similarly, those providing any form of unpaid care make up 9.9% of the population, which is a little below the national figure.
9.9% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
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 0.7%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
0.7%
Lower than 70% 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 Strathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13690/strathfield/topic/community