17.6% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Branch · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in The Branch
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 17.6% of people in The Branch give their time to volunteering. This highlights a strong local commitment to community work, which is significantly higher than the New South Wales average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is well above both the state average of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here look after children unpaid (27.8%) compared to most other areas, though the proportion of people providing other types of unpaid care is much lower than the national figure at 8.3%.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 3.8% of residents having served, which is a little above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
3.8%
Higher 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 The Branch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13830/the-branch/topic/community