19.3% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Junction Hill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Junction Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Junction Hill volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a high level of unpaid work and service, from local volunteering to caregiving and former military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is higher than most similar areas, though the rate has fallen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 30.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. Similarly, those providing unpaid care (15.6%) and those caring for children (28.5%) are both well above state and national levels.
15.6% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 5.1% of people having served. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
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 Junction Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115088/junction-hill/topic/community