18.1% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Valla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Valla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Valla sees higher levels of community and home support than most similar areas. Residents are more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than those in the wider state or country. This spirit of contribution is seen in both formal volunteering and the high amount of unpaid work done within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.1% of people giving their time. This is well above 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.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Valla, where 32.0% of people do 15 or more hours of housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend continues with unpaid care for children (28.3%) and general unpaid care (14.2%), both of which are higher than most areas.
14.2% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 32.0%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Valla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14085/valla/topic/community