14.2% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caerleon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Caerleon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Caerleon has remained steady over the last decade. While the area has a higher proportion of former defence force members than most similar places, volunteering rates are lower than in many other areas. About 14% of the population give their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 14.2% of people helping out. This is about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is around the middle for its level. However, only 7.9% of residents provide unpaid care for others, which is well below the 11.9% national figure.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Service in the Defence Force is more common here than in most similar areas. At 3.9%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Caerleon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10744/caerleon/topic/community