16.0% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenorie · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Glenorie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 34.2% of people in Glenorie provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most other areas. This high level of family care is a key feature of the local community, though others spend less time volunteering than they did a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.0% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 21.2% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 29.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Additionally, 14.3% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a little above the Australian average.
14.3% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in this area, with only 1.8% of people having served. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
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 Glenorie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121043/glenorie/topic/community