22.9% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Uarbry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Uarbry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap in community spirit marks Uarbry, where the rate of volunteering is far higher than both the state and national figures. While 22.9% of residents give their time to help others, the area sees much lower levels of unpaid childcare and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.9% of people in Uarbry volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%. This level of community involvement is higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than usual here, with only 14.3% of people caring for children unpaid and 11.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. These figures are far below the New South Wales and Australian averages. Meanwhile, 11.4% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national rates.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.4% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Uarbry has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the state rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Uarbry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14017/uarbry/topic/community