15.6% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 5.8% of residents in Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most other areas. While many locals contribute through volunteering, there has been a sharp drop in the number of people providing unpaid childcare since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people here volunteer, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales and national rates. This has risen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011, though it remains lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care of children has fallen steeply by 14 percentage points since 2011 to 17.7%, which is well below the national figure. Conversely, 14.2% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a rate higher than most areas.
14.2% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.7% ▼ -43.7%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 5.8% of the population having served. This is well above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
5.8%
Higher than 87% 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 Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114027/salamander-bay-soldiers-point/topic/community