16.2% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Old Bar · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Old Bar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and volunteering set Old Bar apart from the rest of the state. About 15% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. These numbers show a community where people are highly active in supporting others and their neighbours.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.2% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This level of community spirit has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 14.9% of residents doing so. Meanwhile, 25.1% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state average.
14.9% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 4.2%, this is a little above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
4.2%
Higher than 65% 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 Old Bar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115116/old-bar/topic/community