8.1% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sydney · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sydney
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.1% of people in Sydney volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This highlights a trend across the city where community participation and unpaid care roles are much lower than in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest of any similar area, with just 8.1% of residents taking part compared to 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here; only 8.3% of people care for children and just 4.1% provide general unpaid care, both of which are far below state and national levels.
4.1% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.3% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.2% ▲ +49.6%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.3%, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13730/sydney/topic/community