10.6% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swansea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Swansea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Swansea compared to the rest of the country. Only 10.6% of residents do unpaid work for a community group, a figure that is well below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.6% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is well below the state average at 20.4%, the proportion of people providing general unpaid care is a little above the national figure at 14.1%. Around 23.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the state average.
14.1% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 4.0% of people having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Swansea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13726/swansea/topic/community