9.3% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Hills · State Electorate
Community Participation in East Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in East Hills than in most other similar areas. Only 9.3% of residents give their time to volunteer work, a figure that has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011. This means community involvement in the area is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 9.3% of people in East Hills volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 11.8% of residents provide unpaid care, which is around the middle for its level. While 21.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, those caring for children unpaid have fallen to 25.0% since 2011.
11.8% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population. This is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 88% 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 East Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10027/east-hills/topic/community