16.5% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Vincentia West · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Vincentia West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of veterans live in Vincentia West than in other parts of the country. This community is strongly defined by its residents' history of service and a very high rate of unpaid family care. While volunteering is more common here than the national figure, it has dipped slightly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 13%, though the proportion of volunteers fell 2 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 35.7% of people caring for children and 27.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are well above the national average and have risen since 2011, while 11.8% of people provide other forms of unpaid care.
11.8% ▲ +24.1%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.7% ▲ +28.3%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▲ +62.9%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 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.
The area has one of the highest proportions of veterans at this level, with 16.6% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is far above the New South Wales and national figures of around 2% to 3%.
16.6%
Higher than 99% 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 Vincentia West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115147/vincentia-west/topic/community