10.0% ▼ -51.5%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cessnock · State Electorate
Community Participation in Cessnock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 10% of people in Cessnock volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure has dropped sharply since 2011, though many residents still contribute through significant unpaid care and housework at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 11 points since 2011 to 10%. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.3% of people providing support, a figure that is a little above the national average. This is driven largely by childcare, as 30.5% of people care for children unpaid, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 25.3%.
13.3% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 54% of state electorate 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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10017/cessnock/topic/community