7.4% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sydney Olympic Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sydney Olympic Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people take on unpaid roles in Sydney Olympic Park compared to other parts of the country. Only 7.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 7.4%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 5.5% of people providing such support. This is reflected in the low number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (14.2%) and those caring for children unpaid (20.0%).
5.5% ▼ -53.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.2% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.9% of the population, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Olympic Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13731/sydney-olympic-park/topic/community