18.7% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Annandale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Annandale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Annandale contribute to their community than in most similar areas. This is seen in the high number of residents who volunteer and those who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 19% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national and state average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 30.3% of people caring for children unpaid, which is much higher than most areas. This is alongside a higher than usual 13.7% of people providing other types of unpaid care.
13.7% ▲ +32.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Military service is very common in Annandale, where 9.4% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
9.4%
Higher than 94% 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 Annandale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30063/annandale/topic/community