11.7% ▼ -54.2%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Salt Ash · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Salt Ash
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Salt Ash (L) provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a strong trend of home-based support. While unpaid care and housework are common here, community volunteering has dropped significantly in recent years. This combination shows a community focused heavily on domestic and family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen sharply by 14 percentage points since 2011 and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 28.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, well above the 20.7% national figure. This is consistent with a high rate of unpaid care, as 15.2% of residents provide care for others, which is much higher than most areas.
15.2% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to other similar areas. At 4.8%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
4.8%
Higher than 76% 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 Salt Ash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121101/salt-ash/topic/community