12.2% ▼ -43.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scarsdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Scarsdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual share of people provide unpaid care in Scarsdale, with 15.5% of residents stepping up to help others. While this level of care is well above the national figure, few residents in the area spend their time volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.5% of people providing support, a figure well above the Australian average. This is alongside a high rate of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
15.5% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Defence service is less common in this area than in most other places, with 1.6% of residents having served. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Scarsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22241/scarsdale/topic/community