17.0% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Carnarvon · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Carnarvon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Carnarvon than in most other areas. While about 17% of residents volunteer, the local rate of unpaid childcare and housework is well below both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is slightly more common in Carnarvon than in Western Australia and the rest of the country, though the rate has fallen 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The share of people providing unpaid childcare is well below the national figure at 21.2%, and those doing over 15 hours of housework are also much lower than in most areas.
9.1% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
About 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51540/carnarvon/topic/community