13.3% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 78% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point · Urban Area
Community Participation in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are providing unpaid care in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point than they were in 2011, though the number of volunteers has dropped. While 13.3% of the population now volunteer, a standout 7.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for areas like this.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the state and national numbers. This is much lower than most similar areas and has fallen by 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 22.4%, but other forms of home support are common. A much higher proportion of residents than usual provide unpaid care or do at least 15 hours of housework, with both figures rising since 2011.
13.9% ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 80% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 87% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 87% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 very common here, with 7.3% of people having served. This is well above the 2.3% seen in New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
7.3%
Higher than 97% 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 St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1030/st-georges-basin-sanctuary-point/topic/community