9.0% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kogarah Bay - Carlton - Allawah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Kogarah Bay - Carlton - Allawah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9% of people in Kogarah Bay - Carlton - Allawah volunteer, a figure well below the national average. This gap highlights a broader trend of lower community participation across several unpaid roles in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas and has fallen 2.3 percentage points since 2011. At 9%, the rate is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is lower than in most areas at 23%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, about 11.4% of people provide unpaid care, a rate that has barely changed since 2011.
11.4% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 among the lowest for similar areas, with only 0.8% of people having served. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Kogarah Bay - Carlton - Allawah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119041379/kogarah-bay-carlton-allawah/topic/community