11.8% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Camberwell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Camberwell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 31.8% of people in Camberwell provide unpaid childcare. This high level of family care defines the area, though other forms of community contribution are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. Only 11.8% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common in Camberwell, with 16.5% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is driven largely by childcare, though 22.4% also do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
16.5% ▲ +37.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 4.7% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Camberwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10761/camberwell/topic/community