11.6% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swansea · State Electorate
Community Participation in Swansea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care work set Swansea apart from other areas. While 13.8% of people provide unpaid care, the number of residents volunteering has dropped to 11.6%, which is lower than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Swansea has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011. At 11.6%, this is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work has risen sharply since 2011, with 23.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. Similarly, 13.8% of residents provide unpaid care, a rate much higher than most areas.
13.8% ▲ +135.2%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▲ +141.5%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▲ +199.4%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.4% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 66% 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 Swansea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10079/swansea/topic/community