21.5% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stubbo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stubbo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Stubbo have grown significantly, with 21.5% of people now giving their time to help others. This makes the area far more active in community work than the state or national average. It is a place where residents are much more likely to contribute unpaid time to their community and home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well above the national figure, with 21.5% of residents volunteering, which is 7.4 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 29.7% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside a slightly higher rate of people caring for children unpaid at 28.2%.
11.0% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 29.7%
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 high proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 8.0% of residents having served, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
8.0%
Higher than 91% 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).
More for Stubbo
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Stubbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13697/stubbo/topic/community