4.3% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cabramatta West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cabramatta West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained low in Cabramatta West, where only 4.3% of people volunteer. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most residents are less likely to be involved in unpaid care or volunteering compared to people in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.3% of people in Cabramatta West volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people provide unpaid support here than in most areas. Only 20.1% care for children unpaid and 15.9% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well below national figures.
10.8% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.3%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality 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 Cabramatta West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10739/cabramatta-west/topic/community