13.5% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Surry Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Surry Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Surry Hills has remained steady over the last decade, though it is marked by a very small number of people performing unpaid care. Very few residents provide unpaid child care or housework compared to the rest of the country, reflecting the area's unique urban makeup.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people in Surry Hills volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here; only 8.6% of residents care for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (10.3%) and those providing general unpaid care (6.2%) are both well below the state and national averages.
6.2% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.6% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.3% ▲ +50.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Surry Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13714/surry-hills/topic/community