20.0% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Erindale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Erindale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Erindale, where 20% of residents give their time, well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community shows high levels of engagement both through formal volunteering and by providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20% of people in Erindale volunteer, which is well above the state average of 17% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 19.1% of residents helping others—well above the 11.9% national average. This includes 28.7% of people caring for children unpaid, which is a little above the Australian figure.
19.1% ▲ +41.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
Around 2.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national rate of 2.8%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Erindale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40412/erindale/topic/community