21.9% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ewingsdale · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Ewingsdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Participation in unpaid work and volunteering has dropped across the board in Ewingsdale since 2011. Despite these falls, 21.9% of people still volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a community that remains highly active in giving its time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.9% of residents volunteer, a rate well above the 14.1% national average and much higher than most similar areas. However, this figure fell 4.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common here at 29.3%, which is well above the New South Wales figure. While many residents do housework and childcare, those providing other types of unpaid care are a little below the national average at 9.4%.
9.4% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.7% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average.
1.7%
Lower than 88% 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 Ewingsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121039/ewingsdale/topic/community