19.8% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ulong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ulong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Ulong has remained steady, with nearly 20% of residents volunteering their time. This is well above the national figure and shows a strong local commitment to helping others. While few people here have served in the military, many residents spend significant time on unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of people in Ulong volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.1% of people providing care—well above the national figure. While 26.2% do more than 15 hours of housework weekly, only 17.6% provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the state and national rates.
17.1% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 Ulong has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
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 Ulong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14023/ulong/topic/community