7.6% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cambridge Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cambridge Gardens
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Cambridge Gardens than in most similar areas. While only 7.6% of residents give their time to volunteer work, there is a high level of unpaid family support, with nearly 30% of people caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for this level, at 7.6%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common here, with 29.4% of people providing this support, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. About 24.3% of residents also do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week, though the 11.9% who provide general unpaid care is lower than most areas.
11.9% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
About 2.7% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures, which are 2.3% and 2.8% respectively.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Cambridge Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10766/cambridge-gardens/topic/community