14.0% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caffreys Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Caffreys Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of residents in Caffreys Flat do unpaid housework than the national figure, with 46% of people performing 15 or more hours weekly. This is a sparsely populated area where community involvement is marked by strong ties to the Defence Force and a typical volunteering rate.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.0% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 12.0% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a figure far below the state and national averages—a very high 46.0% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. General unpaid care is provided by 12.0% of the population, which is about the same as the national average.
12.0% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.0% ▼ -44.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
46.0% ▲ +43.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 46.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.4% of the population, which is well above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Caffreys Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10745/caffreys-flat/topic/community