22.2% ▼ -31.8%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stanwell Tops · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Stanwell Tops
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are providing unpaid care in Stanwell Tops than in 2011, though volunteer rates have dropped. This is a community where a striking 40.5% of people look after children without pay, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this is a 10 point drop from the 32.6% recorded in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 32.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure, alongside a high 16.4% of residents who provide unpaid care.
16.4% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.5% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.6% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 32.6%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, with the 2.2% rate being much lower than most similar areas.
2.2%
Lower than 83% 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 Stanwell Tops [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122122/stanwell-tops/topic/community