17.2% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sidmouth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sidmouth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people do heavy housework in Sidmouth compared to the rest of the country. This area shows a strong tendency toward community and family support, with volunteering and unpaid care rates that sit above the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of people volunteer here, which is around the middle for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Sidmouth, where the 29.9% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a higher-than-usual 14.4% of residents providing unpaid care, while 24.3% look after children without pay.
14.4% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.9% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 29.9%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 3.7% of residents having served.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Sidmouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60601/sidmouth/topic/community