12.6% ▼ -50.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Veresdale Scrub · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Veresdale Scrub
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Veresdale Scrub involves a high amount of home-based work and family support. While 27.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, volunteering is much less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of residents volunteer their time, 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.
Home duties are common, with 24.8% of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. This aligns with a higher than usual 27.8% of people providing unpaid childcare. Meanwhile, those providing general unpaid care sit at 11.3%, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
11.3% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -31.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Veresdale Scrub [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32936/veresdale-scrub/topic/community