19.1% ▼ -34.1%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Red Head · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Red Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people in Red Head do unpaid housework compared to the rest of the country. While 31.3% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on these chores, volunteering has fallen since 2011. This reflects a community where home-based work is common, though formal volunteer rates are now lower than they once were.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of people in Red Head volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Despite this high standing, the proportion of volunteers has fallen by 9.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 31.3% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, a figure far above the New South Wales average. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid are well below the state and national figures, at 18.7%.
13.3% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 3.3% of the population, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Red Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121096/red-head/topic/community