9.9% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sylvania Waters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sylvania Waters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Sylvania Waters than in most other parts of the country. While about 10% of residents give their time to volunteer work, this is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Other forms of community contribution, such as unpaid care and defence service, are more common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below both the New South Wales rate of 13% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.3% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Around a quarter of people provide unpaid childcare, while 22.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week.
12.3% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.1% of the population. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Sylvania Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13733/sylvania-waters/topic/community