15.4% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Townsend · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Townsend
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Townsend (L) provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents support others through care and housework, the proportion of people volunteering has dropped noticeably over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a drop from 2011, when 22.2% of the area volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 16.2% of people doing so. This sits alongside 23.7% of residents who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
16.2% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 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 have served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Townsend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121110/townsend/topic/community