16.7% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Estella · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Estella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Estella provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward family care and military service, though the proportion of local volunteers has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%. This is a decline from 2011, when 22.3% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 31.6% of people caring for children unpaid, well above the national 26.3%. In contrast, those doing heavy housework or providing general unpaid care are much less common than in most other areas.
8.7% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.7%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most other areas. About 5.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.1%
Higher than 79% 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 Estella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114009/estella/topic/community