26.8% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Urliup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Urliup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Urliup volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This level of community spirit is matched by a very high rate of people providing unpaid care and support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.8% of residents helping out. This is far above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Support at home is a major feature of the area, where 23.8% of people provide unpaid care—far above the 11.9% national figure. This is consistent with 31.5% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and 29.2% caring for children unpaid.
23.8% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 31.5%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.7% of the population having served. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Urliup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14078/urliup/topic/community