7.7% ▼ -39.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Vineyard · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Vineyard
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 22.3% of people in Vineyard spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework. This is the most common form of community contribution here, though the area generally has much lower rates of volunteering and caregiving than other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates of volunteering seen in similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 9.7% of people providing such support. In particular, the 15.8% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
9.7% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.8% ▼ -38.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 1.9% of the population. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Vineyard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14094/vineyard/topic/community