18.1% ▼ -26.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Orara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Orara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual pitch in to help others in Upper Orara, where community support and home duties are a big part of daily life. About 18.1% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.1% of people giving their time, a figure well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 15.2% of people provide unpaid care and 26.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national averages.
15.2% ▲ +77.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.6%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Upper Orara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14059/upper-orara/topic/community