19.4% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stroud · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stroud
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Stroud volunteer their time, showing a strong culture of local contribution. This level of community spirit is paired with a notably high number of former Defence Force members living in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a significant part of life here, with 28.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid cleaning and chores weekly, well above the Australian figure of 20.7%. In contrast, the 10.9% who provide other unpaid care is about the same as the national rate.
10.9% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 28.4%
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 common in Stroud, with 4.3% of people having served. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Stroud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13692/stroud/topic/community