16.1% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Patonga · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Patonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Patonga (L) spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is well above the national figure, though the number of residents volunteering or providing unpaid care has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Australian average. This is a drop from 2011, when 25.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far below the state and national figures at 9.5%, and general unpaid care is also a little below the usual rate. However, 26.6% of people do significant unpaid housework, which is well above the state average.
10.1% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.5% ▼ -60.7%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
Around 3.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
3.5%
Lower than 51% 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 Patonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122108/patonga/topic/community