19.2% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Uranquinty · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Uranquinty
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state and national figures for volunteering and care, Uranquinty is a place where residents contribute heavily to their community. About 19.2% of people volunteer their time, and a high proportion of the population provides unpaid care for children or others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people here volunteer, at 19.2%. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring duties are common in Uranquinty, with 33.0% of people providing unpaid childcare, a figure much higher than most areas. This is consistent with 14.5% of residents providing general unpaid care and 25.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the state and national figures.
14.5% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 much higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, sitting at 4.3%. This is a little above both the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Uranquinty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14073/uranquinty/topic/community