10.3% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ellalong · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Ellalong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care than most similar areas define Ellalong (L). While 32.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, volunteer rates have dropped significantly to 10.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% national figure. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 17.7% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are common here, with 32.5% of people looking after children unpaid—well above the 26.3% Australian average. This is consistent with higher-than-usual rates of unpaid care (14.6%) and housework (25.0%) across the area.
14.6% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -27.8%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
About 3.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 52% 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 Ellalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121035/ellalong/topic/community