15.5% ▼ -33.2%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Silkwood · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Silkwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Silkwood than in most similar areas. While a small number of residents volunteer, the community has a very high rate of former Defence Force members and a growing number of people supporting others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people volunteer, which is a little above the national figure but represents a drop of 7.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 21% of people providing care—well above the 11.9% national average. This is alongside a rise in people doing heavy housework and those caring for children unpaid.
21.0% ▲ +222.2%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▲ +44.2%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Silkwood than elsewhere, with 7.2% of residents having served, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
7.2%
Higher than 93% 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 Silkwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322108/silkwood/topic/community