Twin Rivers · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Twin Rivers

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

About 12.5% of people in Twin Rivers provide unpaid care to others, though few residents volunteer. This is the most common form of community contribution in the area, as other forms of unpaid work and service are notably low.

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Where Twin Rivers sits — Volunteers

9.4%
  • 0.0%–1.8%: 241 areas
  • 1.8%–3.6%: 57 areas
  • 3.6%–5.4%: 119 areas
  • 5.4%–7.1%: 263 areas
  • 7.1%–8.9%: 469 areas
  • 8.9%–10.7%: 671 areas
  • 10.7%–12.5%: 935 areas
  • 12.5%–14.3%: 1212 areas
  • 14.3%–16.1%: 1222 areas
  • 16.1%–17.9%: 1127 areas
  • 17.9%–19.6%: 1134 areas
  • 19.6%–21.4%: 962 areas
  • 21.4%–23.2%: 792 areas
  • 23.2%–25.0%: 619 areas
  • 25.0%–26.8%: 546 areas
  • 26.8%–28.6%: 424 areas
  • 28.6%–30.4%: 402 areas
  • 30.4%–32.1%: 275 areas
  • 32.1%–33.9%: 259 areas
  • 33.9%–35.7%: 189 areas
  • 35.7%–37.5%: 181 areas
  • 37.5%–39.3%: 141 areas
  • 39.3%–41.1%: 95 areas
  • 41.1%–42.9%: 84 areas
  • 42.9%–44.6%: 83 areas
  • 44.6%–46.4%: 75 areas
  • 46.4%–48.2%: 55 areas
  • 48.2%–50.0%: 264 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Twin Rivers — lower than 88% of areas.

Volunteers compared with the state and national average
Twin Rivers9.4%
2410, NSW 20.6%
New South Wales 13.0%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Only 9.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.

9.4%

Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 19.4%
  • 2021: 9.4%

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

Unpaid care for children is well below the state average at 18.8%. While 12.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, no one in the area reports doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.

12.5%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.8%
  • 2021: 12.5%

Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.

18.8%

Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 35.5%
  • 2021: 18.8%

Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 19.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

No one in Twin Rivers has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.

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 Twin Rivers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14009/twin-rivers/topic/community