18.8% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Zara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Zara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people volunteer in Zara than across the rest of the country. Nearly 19% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the national figure. This community spirit is also seen in the high rates of unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.8% of people helping out. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework here (26.1%) than in most other areas. While 13.0% provide some form of unpaid care, the 24.6% who care for children unpaid is a little below the national figure.
13.0% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
No one in Zara has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Zara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14541/zara/topic/community