10.8% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point · Urban Centre
Community Participation in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering mark St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point, where only 10.8% of people help out. This figure is well below the national average and has dropped significantly since 2011. While volunteering is low, there is a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and represents a 4.5 point fall since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 22.3%, a drop of 11 points since 2011. In contrast, more people provide other forms of unpaid care (14.3%) and do 15 or more hours of housework (23.6%) compared to the state and national figures.
14.3% ▲ +38.7%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 high 6.7% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
6.7%
Higher than 91% 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 St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113015/st-georges-basin-sanctuary-point/topic/community