12.3% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathfield South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Strathfield South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Strathfield South engage in volunteering and defence service compared to most similar areas. While around 12.3% of residents volunteer, other forms of community contribution like unpaid childcare and housework sit closer to state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 13% and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is 25.3%, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (23.3%) is a little above the New South Wales and Australian rates.
11.3% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
A small number of residents, 0.7%, have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the New South Wales (2.3%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13691/strathfield-south/topic/community