10.1% ▼ -46.7%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Silverdale - Warragamba · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Silverdale - Warragamba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Silverdale - Warragamba involves a high level of unpaid home and family work. While 32.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, the area has seen a significant drop in community volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen sharply since 2011, with only 10.1% of people now helping out. This is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high number of residents handle unpaid work, with 32.9% caring for children and 27.1% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. Meanwhile, the 11.9% of people providing other unpaid care is about the same as the Australian average.
11.9% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 27.1%
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 uncommon here, with only 2.1% of the population having served. This is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.1%
Lower than 85% 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 Silverdale - Warragamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114029/silverdale-warragamba/topic/community