10.5% ▼ -55.3%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Paxton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Paxton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Paxton (L) provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than in most other areas. While family care is common, formal volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade. This reflects a community where a large proportion of residents are focused on home and family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of people volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen by 13 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 15.4% of people providing care and 33.9% looking after children, both of which are well above the national figures. Meanwhile, 24.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the state average.
15.4% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.9% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
About 3.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.8%
Higher than 57% 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 Paxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121093/paxton/topic/community