13.0% ▼ -23.0%
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
New South Wales · State / Territory
Community Participation in New South Wales
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 13% of people in New South Wales volunteer, which is much lower than most other Australian states. This figure has dropped by 3.9 percentage points since 2011. While community volunteering has fallen, other forms of unpaid work and care remain common across the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in New South Wales are among the lowest in the country at 13%. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is provided by 25.3% of residents, which is much lower than most other areas. In contrast, 21.2% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure that is much higher than most other states.
11.5% ▲ +0.6%
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -8.1%
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -3.0%
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%, though it is much lower than most other areas.
2.3%
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 New South Wales [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/1/new-south-wales/topic/community