12.7% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 85% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Medowie · Urban Area
Community Participation in Medowie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 10% of the population in Medowie have served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the national average. While volunteering has declined, the area sees very high levels of unpaid care and housework compared to other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.7% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure has fallen by 7.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is very common here, with 30.7% of people caring for children unpaid, a rate well above the national figure. This sits alongside high levels of other unpaid work, including 25.9% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
14.2% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 95% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
A striking 10.1% of people in Medowie have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
10.1%
Higher than 99% of urban area 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 Medowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1020/medowie/topic/community