14.1% ▼ -49.6%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Erowal Bay · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Erowal Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 25.6% of people in Erowal Bay do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure well above the national average. While many residents contribute through home and care duties, the number of people volunteering for community groups has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 27.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of people providing care and 24.1% caring for children. This is a little above the state and national figures, though housework levels are much higher than most areas.
14.5% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▲ +24.8%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.4% of residents having served. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
6.4%
Higher than 89% 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 Erowal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121037/erowal-bay/topic/community