14.7% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Smiths Lake · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Smiths Lake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Smiths Lake involves a high level of domestic work, with 28.8% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. While some residents give back through volunteering, this has declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure has fallen by 5.7 percentage points since 2011, though it remains a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 28.8% of residents doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure. Meanwhile, 13.1% provide some form of unpaid care, and 22.5% care for children unpaid, which is well below the Australian average.
13.1% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
A higher number of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.2%, this is a little above both the New South Wales and national 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 Smiths Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115127/smiths-lake/topic/community