7.7% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cambridge Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Cambridge Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Cambridge Park than in other parts of the state. While only 7.7% of residents give their time to community groups, a higher than usual proportion of the population is busy with unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.7% of people here volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 28.7% of people caring for children, a figure well above the state average. Similarly, 22.3% do more than 15 hours of housework weekly, though both these figures have fallen since 2011.
11.7% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 56% 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 Cambridge Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/124031457/cambridge-park/topic/community