14.8% ▼ -59.7%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Awaba · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Awaba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Awaba than in most similar areas, though volunteering has dropped significantly. While 16.2% of residents provide unpaid care, the number of people volunteering has fallen by 22 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.8% of people volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas. This figure is a little above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 34.5% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national 26.3%. This trend is seen across the board, as the proportion of people providing any unpaid care is also much higher than most areas at 16.2%.
16.2% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.5% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.8%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.5%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 77% 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 Awaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122010/awaba/topic/community