10.3% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Camden · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Camden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap exists between the high number of parents in Camden and its low rate of volunteering. While over a third of the population provides unpaid childcare, only 10.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas. Only 10.3% of people volunteer, a figure that has fallen 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is among the highest at this level, with 33.6% of people providing this support. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%, and is consistent with a higher than usual 23.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework.
11.4% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 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.
33.6% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 95% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
2.2%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Camden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12301/camden/topic/community