17.9% ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carrathool · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Carrathool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Carrathool are volunteering and providing unpaid care than they were in 2011. While 17.9% of residents still volunteer—a figure well above the national average—this is a significant drop from the 27.1% seen ten years ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this rate has fallen by 9.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are less common than in most areas, with only 9.3% of people providing unpaid care. This trend is seen across the board, as the number of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework fell to 18.7%, a little below the national figure.
9.3% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 18.7%
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.
Defence service is rare in the area, with only 1.5% of residents having served. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 89% 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 Carrathool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11600/carrathool/topic/community