16.8% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rainbow Flat · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Rainbow Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp rise in unpaid care work has defined Rainbow Flat (L) since 2011, as the number of people providing unpaid care jumped by 14 percentage points. While volunteering remains steady, the area now sees a much higher proportion of people managing care duties compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This level of community involvement has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care has become much more common here, with 21.6% of people providing care—far above the state average. Meanwhile, 34.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure that rose 15 points since 2011 and is far above the national average.
21.6% ▲ +187.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.7% ▲ +78.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 34.7%
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 3.1% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.1%
Lower than 64% 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 Rainbow Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122113/rainbow-flat/topic/community