11.5% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sydney · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Sydney
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care mark the community profile of Sydney. Only 11.5% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most similar areas and has fallen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little below both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with 10.4% of people providing care and 19.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This sits alongside the 25.1% of people who care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state average.
10.4% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
Defence service is rare in this area, with only 1.5% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 90% of urban centre 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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL101001/sydney/topic/community