20.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sloping Main · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sloping Main
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 40.7% of people in Sloping Main spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above national levels. This is a place where many residents contribute their time to others, whether through volunteering or caring for family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of people pitching in, a figure well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high, as 23.7% of people provide care and 40.7% do significant housework, though only 5.1% care for children, which is far below the national figure.
23.7% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
5.1% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.7% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 40.7%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 8.6% of people having served in the Defence Force.
8.6%
Higher than 93% 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 Sloping Main [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60605/sloping-main/topic/community