25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swan Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Swan Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in four people in Swan Vale volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is paired with a strong history of military service and a large number of residents providing unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, with 40.6% of people caring for children—among the highest rates for this area type. While 28.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, only 9.4% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.6% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
Military service is very prominent in Swan Vale, where 13.3% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is far above the 2.8% average for Australia.
13.3%
Higher than 99% 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 Swan Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13722/swan-vale/topic/community