14.1% ▼ -46.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ashfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ashfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 33.8% of people in Ashfield provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high level of family care defines much of the daily community contribution in the area. Other forms of local participation, such as volunteering, sit closer to the national norm.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents are focused on family, with 33.8% providing unpaid childcare and 24.2% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework—both well above the national average. In contrast, the 9.6% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.6% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 Force service is common here, with 3.1% of the population having served, a figure about the same as across Queensland and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Ashfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30091/ashfield/topic/community