20.6% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Taylors Arm · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Taylors Arm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines Upper Taylors Arm, where local contribution is far higher than national levels. More than one in five residents volunteer their time, while a large proportion of the community also manages significant unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.6% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 29.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, 27.5% care for children unpaid, and 13.7% provide other types of unpaid care, both of which are a little above state and national levels.
13.7% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 29.4%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
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 Upper Taylors Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14063/upper-taylors-arm/topic/community