15.0% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Voyager Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Voyager Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people serve in the Defence Force in Voyager Point than in the rest of the state. While local volunteering is lower than in most similar areas, there is a strong presence of residents providing unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13% and roughly the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is common here, with 30% of people doing so unpaid, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside 25.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is also well above the state and national averages.
10.4% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
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 striking 7.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales (2.3%) and Australian (2.8%) averages.
7.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Voyager Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14097/voyager-point/topic/community