14.0% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Singleton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Singleton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 36.6% of people in Singleton provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This high level of family care is the most prominent feature of community life here, alongside a notably strong presence of Defence Force veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 14% of residents giving their time, which is a little below the Western Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus, as the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is among the highest at this level. This helps explain why 23.2% of residents also spend 15 hours or more on housework, a figure well above the state average.
10.1% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.6% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 service is much more common here than in most other areas, with 5.5% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the figures for both the state and the nation.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Singleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51354/singleton/topic/community