9.9% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathfield · State Electorate
Community Participation in Strathfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Less than 10% of residents in Strathfield volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This area sees much lower levels of unpaid care and community work compared to most other places. Participation in these activities has generally declined or remained low over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.9% of people volunteer here, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 13%. This is much lower than most areas and has fallen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here, with only 19.6% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure. Rates of providing general unpaid care and doing heavy housework are also much lower than in most other areas.
9.3% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 17.4%
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 Force service is rare in Strathfield, with only 1.1% of people having served. This is among the lowest levels for this type of area and sits a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
1.1%
Lower than 93% 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 Strathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10077/strathfield/topic/community