21.7% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cabonne · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Cabonne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Cabonne provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a strong commitment to family and community support. This is a place where people give back often, with volunteering and home-based care rates sitting well above national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of people helping out, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. However, this has fallen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Local residents are much more likely to perform unpaid work than people in most other areas. This includes 25.2% who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework and 12.8% who provide unpaid care, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
12.8% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most other areas and is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) 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 Cabonne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11400/cabonne/topic/community