26.8% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Verona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Verona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Verona than in the rest of the state. This spirit of involvement is a standout feature of the area, where community contribution is much more common than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.8% of residents volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.6% of people providing care and 36.0% doing over 15 hours of housework—both far above the national figures. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid are slightly fewer than the state average at 22.8%.
15.6% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.0% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 36.0%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 5.6% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Verona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14091/verona/topic/community