13.5% ▼ -40.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Theresa Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Theresa Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Theresa Park do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. This high level of domestic work is part of a wider trend where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people here take on caring roles, with 17.1% providing unpaid care and 27.3% caring for children, both figures being higher than the state and national averages.
17.1% ▲ +40.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 29.6%
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.
Around 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Theresa Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13861/theresa-park/topic/community